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Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) Indicted for Wire Fraud, Money Laundering and False Statements.

The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center on 11 federal counts, including wire fraud, false statements to a bank, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Prosecutors allege the nonprofit diverted more than $3 million in donor contributions to leaders of extremist groups such as the Ku Klux Klan and the National Socialist Movement, using fictitious entities and hidden bank accounts. The investigation was led by the FBI with assistance from the IRS’s criminal division. A conviction could force forfeiture of the alleged proceeds and reshape the organization’s future.