Accused rapists Andrew and Tristan Tate had cache of passports under aliases — including Bond villain

Nypost · Aug 12, 2026 · 560 words · By Patrick Reilly

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Accused rapists Andrew and Tristan Tate had cache of passports under aliases — including Bond villain See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Accused rapists Andrew and Tristan Tate had cache of passports under aliases — including Bond villain See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Add The New York Post on Google Accused rapist brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate kept multiple passports under different aliases to travel abroad — including one name ripped from a James Bond novel.

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Tristan Tate had a Mexican passport with his photograph and date of birth, but under “Vladimir Scorpius” — the name of the main villain in the 007 spy novel “Scorpius,” according to court documents against the misogynist influencers facing dozens of charges…

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Andrew Tate, meanwhile, openly bragged on social media about having “8 lives … 8 licenses and passports,”?
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 8 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Andrew Tate, meanwhile, openly bragged on social media about having “8 lives … 8 licenses and passports,””

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Multiple sources confirm that Andrew Tate bragged on social media about having '8 lives... 8 licenses and passports'.

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web search NEUTRAL — Andrew Tate, meanwhile, openly bragged on social media about having "8 lives … 8 licenses and passports," and evading authorities in multiple countries, according to the document.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/12/us-news/andrew-and-tristan-tat…

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web search NEUTRAL — The court filings cite various social media posts in which Andrew Tate allegedly mentioned having multiple passports and driver's licenses under different names. Prosecutors claim Tate claimed to have…
https://www.soapcentral.com/entertainment/news-new-court-fil…

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web search NEUTRAL — Prosecutors lean on his social media claim of having "8 lives … 8 licenses and passports" to argue he is a serious flight risk, and they say both brothers could try to identify or interfere with witne…
https://thoughtcatalog.com/xstockton/2026/08/prosecutors-say…

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Claim 2: “Tristan Tate had a Mexican passport with his photograph and date of birth, but under “Vladimir Scorpius””

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Multiple independent web sources report that court documents cited by British prosecutors reveal Tristan Tate possessed a Mexican passport under the alias 'Vladimir Scorpius'.

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web search NEUTRAL — Accused rapist brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate kept multiple passports under different aliases to travel abroad — including one name ripped from a James Bond novel. Tristan Tate had a Mexican passpor…
https://nypost.com/2026/08/12/us-news/andrew-and-tristan-tat…

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web search NEUTRAL — According to court documents cited by British prosecutors in the brothers’ Florida bond hearing, the Tate brothers possessed a cache of fake passports under various aliases. One of them, a Mexican pas…
https://brobible.com/sports/article/tate-brothers-fake-passp…

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web search NEUTRAL — One document allegedly recovered by investigators was a Mexican passport featuring Tristan Tate’s photograph. The passport did not use his real name. Instead, it listed the alias “Vladimir Scorpius,” …
https://www.dagens.com/news/tate-brothers-caught-with-wild-j…

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Claim 3: “The brothers are fighting extradition to the UK, where they face a combined total of 59 criminal charges there, including rape, sex trafficking and offenses related to indecent images of a child and extreme pornography.”

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Multiple sources confirm the brothers face extradition to the UK on a combined total of 59 charges, including rape, human trafficking, and indecent images of children.

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web search NEUTRAL — Influencer Andrew Tate and brother Tristan face extradition to the UK on 59 charges, as political connections raise questions.
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/andrew-tate-extradition-uk-politic…

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web search NEUTRAL — Andrew now faces rape, human trafficking, indecent images of a child and assault charges, while Tristan faces two counts of rape, one count of sexual assault and three counts of facilitating travel fo…
https://in.mashable.com/culture/112235/andrew-tate-tristan-t…

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web search NEUTRAL — According to NPR, Andrew Tate was arrested in Miami on Saturday, July 18, 2026, “alongside his brother Tristan.” The United Kingdom “is trying to extradite both brothers on a host of criminal charges,…
https://www.mensjournal.com/news/andrew-tate-and-his-brother…

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Claim 4: “The brothers are being criminally prosecuted in Romania over allegations which include having sex with a minor, trafficking minors, running an organized crime operation and money laundering.”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant forum posts about 'MSI Center' software and contains no information regarding criminal prosecutions in Romania.

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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 26, 2025 · MSI Center started freezing my computer. When I start Windows 11, despite having uninstalled both MSI Center SDK and MSI Center itself, installed again, uninstalled via MSI Clean Centet…
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?threads/msi-center-what-a…

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web search NEUTRAL — May 13, 2021 · actually the email address can be changed by logging on to account.msi.com login page, then scroll down to the Account section and click on the Login Management link. I had to make a qu…
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?threads/change-email-addr…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 25, 2017 · Hello all, Need some help with Bios upgrade for the Nightblade X2 with MS-B1061. I have the i5 7500 7th gen processor. I have installed a 6th gen single core pentium to at least boot th…
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?threads/nightblade-x2-bio…

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Claim 5: “Tristan also posted an online video of himself on a ship declaring “I’m Vladimir Scorpius””

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While the evidence mentions a video where Andrew Tate claimed he could produce a driver's license from another country, none of the provided sources explicitly confirm a video of Tristan Tate on a ship declaring 'I'm Vladimir Scorpius'.

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web search NEUTRAL — Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate are facing extradition proceedings in the US.The documents further reference a video in which Andrew claimed that, if stopped by police, he could produce a driver's licens…
https://www.unilad.com/news/crime/tate-brothers-passports-al…

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web search NEUTRAL — The name on Tristan Tate‘s alleged Mexican passport was “Vladimir Scorpius,” lifted from the villain of a 1988 James Bond novel, according to court filings. The document carried his real photo and dat…
https://thoughtcatalog.com/xstockton/2026/08/prosecutors-say…

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Claim 6: “registered a UK company called “Scorpius Ltd.””

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of Wikipedia entries for the name 'Tristan' and the film 'Tristan & Isolde', but contains no information regarding a UK company called 'Scorpius Ltd.' registered by Tristan Tate.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 13, 2026 · Tristan, turning his face to the wall, dies, and Isolde, arriving too late to save her love, yields up her life in a final embrace. A miracle follows their deaths: two trees grow out of…
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Tristan-and-Isolde

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web search NEUTRAL — The 2006 film Tristan & Isolde stars James Franco as Tristan, Thomas Sangster as the child Tristan and Sophia Myles as Isolde, written by Dean Georgaris and directed by Kevin Reynolds.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristan

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web search NEUTRAL — Tristan, Tristram, or Tristen is a given name derived from Welsh drust (meaning "noise", "tumult"), influenced by the French word triste and Welsh/ Cornish / Breton trist, both of which mean "bold" or…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristan_(name)

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Claim 7: “He’s alleged to have a stash of travel documents from the UK, US, Estonia, Nigeria, Poland and the tiny Pacific island nation of Vanuatu”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general Wikipedia entries for the UK and Andrew Tate, but does not list the specific countries (Estonia, Nigeria, Poland, Vanuatu) alleged by prosecutors regarding his travel documents.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Emory Andrew Tate III (born 1 December 1986) is an American and British social media personality and former professional kickboxer who built a webcam pornography business before gaining notoriety for …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Tate

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Catherine Tate (born Catherine Jane Ford, 5 December 1969) is an English actress, comedian and writer. She has won numerous awards for her work on the BBC sketch comedy series The Catherine Tate Show …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Tate

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The British-American social media influencer Andrew Tate and his brother, Tristan Tate, have both been involved in a number of criminal and civil legal affairs in relation to their joint business and …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_affairs_of_the_Tate_brot…

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Claim 8: “Andrew Tate, 39, and his brother Tristan, 38, were arrested by US Marshals at a bare-knuckle boxing event in Miami on July 18”

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Web search results (specifically citing NPR) confirm that Andrew and Tristan Tate were arrested in Miami on July 18, 2026, at a bare-knuckle boxing event.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Emory Andrew Tate Jr. (December 27, 1958 – October 17, 2015) was an American chess player who held the FIDE title of International Master (IM). He won the United States Armed Forces Chess Championship…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emory_Tate

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