Andrew Tate accused of on-chain crypto laundering

A new judicial earthquake threatens Andrew Tate's digital empire. A detailed report published on 27 December by Specter, a well-known pseudonymous on-chain investigator, makes heavy accusations that shift the focus from speculative trading alone to a possible money laundering scheme on an international scale.

The link with the scam in Texas

The analysis by Specter focuses on a series of blockchain addresses allegedly traceable to Tate. According to the report, these wallets allegedly received about $1.2 million directly from wallets named in a Texas lawsuit related to a $5 million investment scam.

Court documents related to a March 2025 filing in Texas identify a network of wallets used to launder funds stolen from victims between January 2023 and February 2025. Specter's investigation highlights how one of the defendants' wallets transferred the multi-million dollar sum to the address identified as "0x9B67".

On 9 June 2024, Andrew Tate posted a screenshot of a direct message claiming that someone had offered him money to promote a token, an offer he claimed to have refused, he stated Specter on X.

The connection between Tate and the incriminated wallet would have been confirmed by several on-chain interactions. These include a direct transfer of only $4 made on 14 December 2024 from Tate's publicly known address to the suspect wallet. In addition, trading patterns executed on the decentralised Hyperliquid platform from this address would closely mirror the influencer's claimed public transactions.

Flows to Railgun and Radom Pay

In addition to involvement in the Texas fraud, the report delves into massive capital flows to Railgun, a privacy protocol designed to anonymise transactions. Over the course of two years, entities linked to Tate allegedly deposited about $30 million into this 'privacy pool'.

The majority of these funds would come from Radom Pay, a cryptocurrency payment processor. For compliance experts, the massive use of anonymisation tools by those under investigation represents a 'red flag' typical of layering techniques aimed at concealing the illicit origin of money.

Accusations of market manipulation

Specter does not limit itself to the financial aspect, but accuses Tate of orchestrating operations to manipulate market sentiment. The analyst cites an episode from June 2024, in which Tate published a screenshot claiming that he had rejected an offer to promote a particular token.

However, data from the blockchain show that the wallet visible in the screenshot had been financed by Tate himself. This suggests that the whole 'staging' of the rejection served solely to consolidate his reputation for integrity in the eyes of followers, while in reality he secretly managed the assets in question.

International legal repercussions

Although Andrew Tate is not currently a formal defendant in the Texas fraud case, the identification of stolen funds in wallets linked to him could trigger civil forfeiture proceedings in the United States.

The most serious implication, however, concerns Tate's defence strategy in Europe. A link to a fraud investigation in the US could trigger cross-border cooperation between the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and Romanian authorities, further complicating his already precarious legal position.

At the time of publication, Andrew Tate has made no official statement regarding the allegations contained in Specter's report.