US charges anti-extremism organisation over payments to informants in hate groups

The Southern Poverty Law Center said it would "vigorously defend ourselves, our staff, and our work".

The Justice Department has indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center on federal fraud charges for allegedly paying informants within extremist groups without disclosing it to donors.

The SPLC faces federal fraud charges related to payments made to informants infiltrating extremist groups, including the Ku Klux Klan.

The SPLC has been charged with wire fraud, bank fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering for allegedly paying informants within extremist groups without donor disclosure.

The SPLC announced it is under a criminal investigation by the Justice Department concerning its use of paid informants to infiltrate extremist groups.

The SPLC faces federal fraud charges for allegedly misusing millions in donor funds to secretly pay leaders of hate groups as informants.

The SPLC was indicted on federal fraud charges for allegedly misusing millions in donor funds to secretly pay leaders of hate groups, such as the Ku Klux Klan, as informants.

The Department of Justice alleges the SPLC secretly funneled millions of dollars to white nationalists and extremists who worked for those same groups.