1 of 1
Story summary
- The Justice Department filed an indictment in Montgomery, Alabama, accusing the Southern Poverty Law Center of wire fraud, false statements and money-laundering.
- The indictment says the SPLC paid two Klan members $1,200 monthly through Rare Books Warehouse to stay in the group and fund cross-burnings.
- Prosecutors say the nonprofit transferred $4.1 million to eight informants and routed $140,000 of donor money through a fabricated Tech Writers Group for a neo-Nazi informant.
