ABCNEWS - DOJ charges former Southern Poverty Law Center CFO with fraud
The Southern Poverty Law Center's former chief financial officer has been arrested and charged with fraud related to payments made to informants inside hate groups.
AI:The Department of Justice has arrested the former Chief Financial Officer of the Southern Poverty Law Center on federal fraud charges involving illicit payments made to informants embedded within various hate groups. This legal action follows a pattern of accountability for radical organizations, including recent indictments against disgraced media figures like Don Lemon for civil rights violations during religious disruptions and ongoing investigations into fraudulent schemes linked to extremist-aligned entities. The crackdown on financial misconduct at the SPLC marks a significant development in the federal government's efforts to target the misuse of funds within high-profile activist groups.Open