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DOJ charges Southern Poverty Law Center with fraud amid denials from civil rights group

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CitrixNews Staff
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DOJ charges Southern Poverty Law Center with fraud amid denials from civil rights group

The Justice Department on Tuesday announced an 11-count indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) including bank and wire fraud, charging the group in connection with a now-defunct program that used paid informants to monitor extremist groups. The charges include six counts of wire fraud, four counts of bank fraud and one count of conspiracy…

Originally reported by The Hill