Informants
Coverage of Informants in the Nexus archive.
- Southern Poverty Law Centers pleads not guilty in federal fraud case
The Southern Poverty Law Center pleaded not guilty to federal fraud charges. The charges allege that the organization defrauded donors by not disclosing funds would be used to pay informants in extremist organizations.
- We now have a Trump Injustice Department
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged the Southern Poverty Law Center with 11 counts of wire fraud, bank fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering, accusing the organization of concealing payments to informants who infiltrated hate groups. The SPLC claims these payments were for intelligence-gathering to prevent violence.
- Southern Poverty Law Center indicted on federal fraud charges
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has been indicted on federal fraud charges by the Justice Department, which alleges the organization improperly raised millions of dollars to pay informants who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan and other extremist groups.