US Department of Justice charges Southern Poverty Law Center with fraud over paid informant program

By: Ralph Chapoco

Outlets: Alabama Reflector

Published: April 21, 2026

Words: 836

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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A grand jury indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center on charges of wire fraud, bank fraud and money laundering brought by the U.S. Department of Justice, which alleges payments the organization made to informants in extremist groups functioned as financial support for them.

Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche told reporters in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday that a federal grand jury in the Middle District of Alabama returned an 11-count indictment against the SPLC, a …

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