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Federal Grand Jury Charges Southern Poverty Law Center for Wire Fraud, False Statements, and Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering

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Between 2014 and 2023, the SPLC secretly funneled more than $3 million in 
donated funds to individuals who were associated with various violent 
extremist groups including the Ku Klux Klan, Aryan Nations, and National 
Socialist Party of America

A Grand Jury in Montgomery, Alabama, today returned an indictment charging 
the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) with 11 counts of wire fraud, false 
statements to a federally insured bank, and conspiracy to commit 
concealment money laundering.  The United States Attorney’s Office for the 
Middle District of Alabama Northern Division filed two forfeiture actions 
to recover alleged proceeds of the organization’s fraud scheme. The 
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) investigated this case with 
assistance from the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS-
CI).

“The SPLC is manufacturing racism to justify its existence,” said Acting 
Attorney General Todd Blanche. “Using donor money to allegedly profit off 
Klansmen cannot go unchecked. This Department of Justice will hold the 
SPLC and every other fraudulent organization operating with the same 
deceptive playbook accountable. No entity is above the law.”

“The SPLC allegedly engaged in a massive fraud operation to deceive their 
donors, enrich themselves, and hide their deceptive operations from the 
public," said FBI Director Kash Patel. "They lied to their donors, vowing 
to dismantle violent extremist groups, and actually turned around and paid 
the leaders of these very extremist groups - even utilizing the funds to 
have these groups facilitate the commission of state and federal crimes. 
That is illegal – and this is an ongoing investigation against all 
individuals involved.”

The SPLC is a non-profit organization headquartered in Montgomery, 
Alabama, whose mission, according to its website during the relevant time 
period, was to be a “catalyst for racial justice in the South and beyond, 
working in partnership with communities to dismantle white supremacy, 
strengthen intersectional movements, and advance the human rights of all 
people.”

According to the indictment starting in the 1980s, the SPLC began 
operating a covert network of individuals who were either associated with 
violent and extremist groups, such as the Ku Klux Klan, or who had 
infiltrated violent extremist groups at the SPLC’s direction.  Unbeknownst 
to donors, some of their donated money was being used to fund the leaders 
and organizers of racist groups at the same time that the SPLC was 
denouncing the same groups on its website.

“Donors gave their money believing they were supporting the fight against 
violent extremism,” said Acting United States Attorney Kevin Davidson. “As 
alleged, the SPLC instead diverted a portion of those funds to benefit 
individuals and groups they claimed to oppose. That kind of deception 
undermines public trust and social cohesion.”

Between 2014 and 2023, the SPLC secretly funneled more than $3 million in 
donated funds to individuals who were associated with various violent 
extremist groups including:

Ku Klux Klan
United Klans of America
Unite the Right
National Alliance
National Socialist Movement
Aryan Nations affiliated Sadistic Souls Motorcycle Club
National Socialist Party of America (American Nazi Party)
American Front
According to the indictment, the objective of the scheme and artifice was 
to obtain money via donations through materially false representations and 
omissions about what the donated funds would be used for.

In order to covertly pay the individuals, the SPLC opened bank accounts 
connected to a series of fictitious entities. The covert nature of the 
accounts allowed the SPLC to disguise the true nature, source, ownership, 
and control of the fraudulently obtained donated money the SPLC paid the 
individuals. In order to keep the scheme going, the SPLC made a series of 
false statements related to the operation of the accounts.   

A conviction will result in the forfeiture of financial gains from the 
alleged illegal activities.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel made the 
announcement in Washington.

The details contained in the civil forfeiture complaint are allegations 
only. 

Updated April 21, 2026
Component
Office of the Attorney General
Press Release Number: 26-386

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/federal-grand-jury-charges-southern-
poverty-law-center-wire-fraud-false-statements-and

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