SPLC Faces Federal Fraud Indictment Over Donor-Funded Informant Program

The Southern Poverty Law Center was indicted on federal charges including wire fraud, bank fraud and money laundering for allegedly using donor funds to pay informants infiltrating far-right groups, with at least $3 million paid to various groups between 2014 and 2023; the DOJ says the center financed the extremism it claims to oppose, while SPLC defends the programme as a covert effort to monitor threats.