Ex-SPLC CFO indicted over payments to informants
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A former SPLC chief financial officer, Heidi Beirich, was indicted on fraud charges for overseeing payments to informants in hate groups, including diverting at least $140,000 to a joint account used for personal living expenses; prosecutors say she was romantically involved with an informant, while Beirich’s lawyer and the SPLC call the case politically motivated and deny fraud.
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