SPLC Informant Program Continues; Shell Accounts Created to Conceal Payments

Between 2014 and 2023, the Southern Poverty Law Center funneled more than $3 million in donated funds to individuals associated with or embedded in violent extremist groups including the Ku Klux Klan, Aryan Nations, and National Socialist Party of America, according to a subsequent federal indictment. To covertly pay these individuals, the SPLC opened bank accounts connected to fictitious entities. The DOJ alleged these accounts allowed the SPLC to disguise the true nature, source, ownership, and control of the funds, constituting money laundering.