U.S. Indicts Former SPLC Executive in Alleged Fraud Scheme Over Payments to Informants in White Supremacist Groups

TL;DR

Heidi Beirich, a former executive at the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), is named in a superseding indictment.
Prosecutors allege the SPLC engaged in a fraudulent scheme, misrepresenting its actions to donors and banks.
The indictment claims payments intended for dismantling extremist groups were allegedly funneled to confidential informants within those groups.
Beirich is charged with wire fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering.
Allegations include overseeing payments to an informant with whom she had a romantic relationship, sharing joint bank accounts and using funds for personal expenses.
Beirich's lawyer states she is innocent and believes the charges are politically motivated.
The SPLC itself faces multiple counts of fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering and has pleaded not guilty.

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