Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said Tuesday that his office has launched a criminal investigation into Andrew and Tristan Tate, prominent right-wing influencers who returned to the U.S. last week.

Florida's attorney general said Tuesday that a criminal investigation has been opened into self-described misogynist influencer Andrew Tate and his brother, who flew to the southern US state last week from Romania,

Andrew Tate, 38, born Emory Andrew Tate III, and his younger brother Tristan Tate, 36, are U.K.-U.S. citizens born to Emory Tate, an African American international chess master, and mother, Eileen Tate.