On April 21, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI jointly announced an 11-count federal indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a prominent civil rights nonprofit based in Montgomery, Alabama. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel held a press conference detailing the charges, which stem from a years-long investigation into the organization’s financial practices between 2014 and 2023. The grand jury in the Middle District of Alabama returned the indictment, accusing the SPLC of orchestrating a scheme that allegedly misused donor funds intended to combat extremism.

The indictment charges the SPLC with six counts of wire fraud, four counts of making false statements to a federally insured bank, and one count of conspiracy to commit concealment money laundering. According to the DOJ, the organization secretly funneled more than $3 million in donated funds to individuals associated with violent extremist groups, including the Ku Klux Klan, Aryan Nations, and the National Socialist Party of America. Prosecutors allege the SPLC created shell entities and fictitious bank accounts—such as “Fox Photography” and “Rare Books Warehouse”—to disguise these payments, while deceiving donors who believed their contributions were supporting efforts to dismantle such groups.

The alleged fraud operation not only enriched insiders but also hid the deceptive practices from the public and financial institutions, with the SPLC purportedly paying leaders of the very extremist organizations it vowed to oppose. In some instances, these funds were used to facilitate state and federal crimes, according to the charges. The investigation remains ongoing, targeting all individuals involved, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office has filed two forfeiture actions to recover proceeds from the scheme. The SPLC has denied the allegations, claiming the probe represents political targeting.

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