2026-04-24T15:48:12-04:00 / 福克斯新闻频道
根据最新 unsealed 的起诉书，南方贫困法律中心向与三K党领袖、暴力极端分子及其他人有关联的线人支付报酬
作者：布雷安娜·德皮施 福克斯新闻
发布于2026年4月24日美国东部时间下午3:48
南方贫困法律中心因涉嫌向极端组织付款被控欺诈
这家总部位于蒙哥马利的南方贫困法律中心（SPLC）本周因一项历时多年的秘密付费线人计划面临联邦欺诈指控。司法部官员表示，该计划将数百万美元捐款分配给了与白人至上主义和新纳粹团体有关联或密切相关的线人网络。
这份11项罪名的起诉书指控南方贫困法律中心犯有电信欺诈、向联邦保险银行作出虚假陈述以及共谋隐瞒洗钱罪。
据司法部透露，2014年至2023年间，南方贫困法律中心向其付费线人支付了约300万美元，其中包括与美国联合三K党、美国国家社会主义党以及与雅利安民族有关联的“虐待狂灵魂摩托车俱乐部”等团体有关联的人员。
特朗普政府高级官员对这项秘密付费线人计划提出抨击，该计划将外部捐款（至少部分）拨付给了与该中心数十年前成立时本应反对的同一极端组织有关联的线人。
司法部欺诈起诉后，SPLC遭“仇恨地图”目标反弹
2026年4月21日，在南方贫困法律中心因洗钱相关罪名被起诉后，代理司法部长托德·布兰奇在华盛顿特区司法部与联邦调查局局长卡什·帕特尔一同出席新闻发布会并发言。（内森·波斯纳/安纳多卢通讯社通过盖蒂图片社拍摄）
“正如起诉书所述，南方贫困法律中心并没有瓦解这些团体，”代理司法部长托德·布兰奇周二在新闻发布会上对记者表示。
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“它反而通过付钱给线人煽动种族仇恨，制造了它声称要反对的极端主义。”
官员们表示，南方贫困法律中心的付费线人计划资助了与三K党、美国国家社会主义党以及其他团体有关联的人员——其中包括一个在线“领导聊天小组”的成员，该小组协助策划了夏洛茨维尔造成人员死亡的“团结右翼”集会。
以下是本周起诉书披露的5名最令人瞠目结舌的付费线人。
1. 夏洛茨维尔集会协调者
起诉书中确认的付费线人之一是一个在线“领导聊天小组”的成员，布兰奇称该小组协助策划了2017年在弗吉尼亚州夏洛茨维尔发生的致命“团结右翼”活动。
这名仅被称为“F-37”的人员按照南方贫困法律中心的指示出席了该活动，并在2015年至2023年间作为线人获得了超过27万美元的报酬，根据起诉书内容。
起诉书指控该人员“分享种族主义社交媒体帖子，并协助组织前往与该致命集会相关活动的交通”。
这名线人在南方贫困法律中心的监督下，至少在部分程度上协助协调了该致命集会的后勤工作，这一消息意义重大，尤其是在该事件之后该非营利组织获得了新的捐款涌入的背景下。
“他们对捐赠者撒谎，誓言要瓦解暴力极端主义团体，却反过来付钱给这些极端团体的领袖——甚至利用资金让这些团体协助实施州和联邦犯罪，”联邦调查局局长卡什·帕特尔说。“这是非法的——目前针对所有相关人员的调查仍在进行中。”
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2017年8月12日，弗吉尼亚州夏洛茨维尔的“团结右翼”集会爆发冲突。（伊夫林·霍克斯坦/《华盛顿邮报》通过盖蒂图片社拍摄）
2. 百万美元入室盗窃者
一名长期隶属于“国家联盟”的白人至上主义团体成员，该团体与多起暴力袭击有关，作为付费线人从南方贫困法律中心获得了丰厚报酬。
根据起诉书，南方贫困法律中心在九年时间里向这名国家联盟成员支付了超过100万美元，他的职责包括秘密活动，如闯入该团体总部窃取约25箱文件，他将这些文件复印并分发给南方贫困法律中心。
该团体后来似乎利用这些文件撰写了一份关于国家联盟的报告。
在被盗文件部分公开后，南方贫困法律中心向另一名国家联盟成员支付了6000美元，让其虚假承认对盗窃行为负责。
自20世纪80年代以来，国家联盟及其创始人的著作与一系列暴力袭击密切相关，包括1999年针对少数族裔和美国犹太人的多州枪击事件，以及1995年俄克拉荷马城爆炸案。
特朗普政府各机构协调曝光拜登政府“极具破坏性且危险”的政府武器化行为
2026年4月7日，代理司法部长托德·布兰奇和欺诈部门助理司法部长科林·麦克唐纳在华盛顿举行的关于特朗普政府反欺诈努力的新闻发布会后离开司法部。（J·斯科特·阿普怀特/美联社）
3. “极端主义档案”主席
南方贫困法律中心还向一名担任国家联盟新纳粹团体主席的付费线人支付了超过14万美元。
起诉书指控南方贫困法律中心在2016年至2023年间向该个人拨付了数万美元。
至少部分付款发生在该国家联盟主席本人被列入南方贫困法律中心网站的“极端主义档案”公开名单上的同一时期——考虑到该网站当时正在警告公众该个人有多危险，这一事实极具讽刺意味，也令人震惊。
4. 三K党“帝国巫师”
付费线人之一是美国联合三K党的一名“帝国巫师”，这是一个白人至上主义团体，南方贫困法律中心将其与1963年阿拉巴马州伯明翰第16街浸信会教堂爆炸案联系起来，该爆炸造成四名年轻女孩死亡，十多人受伤。
马丁·路德·金将这场在当地教堂台阶下引爆19根预先放置的炸药的爆炸描述为“有史以来针对人类最恶毒和悲惨的罪行之一”。目前尚不清楚这名付费线人从南方贫困法律中心获得了多少报酬。
此外，南方贫困法律中心还向一名三K党成员以及一名“崇高 Cyclops”（当地三K党领袖，负责监督成员、组织会议和指导活动）的配偶提供了资金。
根据起诉书，这名线人与南方贫困法律中心的关联在该三K党组织申请参与“收养高速公路”项目时被发现，导致查出该线人从南方贫困法律中心获得了超过3500美元的已知付款。
“白人救世主”使用哨子引发反冰运动内部激烈分歧
美国司法部大楼在华盛顿特区的景象。（丁申/彭博新闻社通过盖蒂图片社拍摄）
5. 30万美元“虐待狂灵魂”摩托党成员
在2014年至2020年的六年时间里，南方贫困法律中心向一名付费线人F-27支付了高达30万美元，该人同时是美国国家社会主义运动团体和与雅利安民族有关联的“虐待狂灵魂摩托车俱乐部”的官员。
南方贫困法律中心还向其他极端团体拨付了约16万美元，其中包括一名前三K党骑士团大巫师。
起诉书中未提及任何个人姓名，不过布兰奇在周二的新闻发布会上指出，调查仍在进行中。
根据联邦检察官的说法，南方贫困法律中心的付费线人计划始于20世纪80年代，即该中心1970年代成立后不久，据称该计划依赖为虚构实体设立的一系列银行账户，用于向线人秘密拨付资金。
“作为非营利组织，根据相关法律，他们必须在向捐赠者说明资金用途、使命宣言以及筹款目的方面保持一定的透明度和诚实性，”布兰奇说。
这一消息传出之际，南方贫困法律中心近年来的公众支持有所增加——包括2017年“团结右翼”集会后捐款激增，以及包括乔治·克鲁尼和苹果首席执行官蒂姆·库克在内的知名捐赠者的支持。
“捐赠者捐款时相信他们是在支持打击暴力极端主义的斗争，”阿拉巴马州中部地区代理美国检察官凯文·戴维森在一份声明中表示。
“但正如所指控的那样，南方贫困法律中心反而将部分资金转移给了他们声称要反对的个人和团体，”戴维森补充道。“这种欺骗行为破坏了公众信任和社会凝聚力。”
南方贫困法律中心的一名发言人本周早些时候告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，他们正在审查起诉书。该团体否认了所有不当行为的指控。
“与暴力仇恨和极端主义团体作斗争是目前最危险的工作之一，我们认为这也是我们所做的最重要的工作之一，”南方贫困法律中心临时总裁布莱恩·费尔本周在一份声明中表示。“司法部的行动不会动摇我们为正义而战的决心，确保民权运动的承诺成为所有人的现实。”
该南方贫困法律中心的发言人捍卫了其监视白人至上主义团体和其他暴力极端组织的工作——包括通过付费线人计划——告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，他们的使用“拯救了生命”。
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Neo-Nazis, ‘Sadistic’ bikers and Charlottesville organizer: 5 of the most shocking SPLC informants
2026-04-24T15:48:12-04:00 / Fox News
Southern Poverty Law Center paid informants tied to Klan leaders, violent extremists and others, according to a newly unsealed indictment
By Breanne Deppisch Fox News
Published April 24, 2026 3:48pm EDT
Southern Poverty Law Center charged with fraud over alleged extremist group payments
The Montgomery-based Southern Poverty Law Center was indicted this week on federal fraud charges stemming from a years-long covert paid informant program, which Justice Department officials said allocated millions of dollars in donations to a network of informants affiliated with or closely tied to White supremacist and neo-Nazi groups.
The 11-count indictment accuses the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) of wire fraud, false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspiracy to commit concealment money laundering.
According to the Justice Department, the SPLC sent some $3 million to its paid informants between 2014 and 2023 — including persons affiliated with the United Klans of America, the National Socialist Party of America, and the Aryan Nations-linked “Sadistic Souls Motorcycle Club,” among others.
Senior Trump administration officials took aim at the covert paid informant program, which funneled outside donations, at least in part, to informants affiliated with the same extremist groups the SPLC was founded decades earlier to oppose.
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche spoke during a press conference alongside FBI Director Kash Patel at the Department of Justice on April 21, 2026, in Washington, D.C., following the indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center on charges related to money laundering.(Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
”As the indictment describes, the SPLC was not dismantling these groups,” Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told reporters Tuesday at a press conference.
“It was instead manufacturing the extremism it purports to oppose by paying sources to stoke racial hatred.”
The SPLC’s paid informant program funded individuals with ties to the Ku Klux Klan, the National Socialist Party of America, and others — including a member of an online “leadership chat group” that helped plan the deadly “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, officials said.
Here are the top five most eye-popping paid informants revealed in this week’s indictment.
1. The Charlottesville coordinator
Among the paid informants identified in the indictment is a member of an online “leadership chat group” that Blanche said helped plan the deadly 2017 “Unite the Right” event in Charlottesville, Virginia.
The individual, referred to only as “F-37,” attended the event at the direction of the SPLC and was paid more than $270,000 for his or her work as an informant between 2015 and 2023, according to the indictment.
The indictment alleges that the individual shared “racist social media posts and helped organize transportation to events” associated with the deadly rally.
The news that the informant helped coordinate logistics, at least in some small part, for the deadly rally while under SPLC supervision is significant, especially given that the aftermath of the event prompted a new influx of donations to the nonprofit.
“They lied to their donors, vowing to dismantle violent extremist groups, and actually turned around and paid the leaders of these very extremist groups — even utilizing the funds to have these groups facilitate the commission of state and federal crimes,” FBI Director Kash Patel said. “That is illegal — and this is an ongoing investigation against all individuals involved.”
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Clashes occurred at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va., on Aug. 12, 2017.(Evelyn Hockstein/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)
2. A million-dollar burglar
One longtime member of the National Alliance, a White supremacist group tied to multiple violent attacks, profited handsomely from the SPLC in his role as a paid informant.
According to the indictment, SPLC paid the National Alliance member more than $1 million over a nine-year period for his role, which included clandestine activities such as breaking into the group’s headquarters to steal some 25 boxes of documents, which he photocopied and distributed to the SPLC.
The group appears to have later used those documents to create a report about the National Alliance.
After the stolen documents were utilized partly in public, SPLC paid another National Alliance member $6,000 to falsely take responsibility for the theft.
The National Alliance and the writings of its founder have been closely associated with a litany of violent attacks since the 1980s, including a 1999 multi-state shooting spree targeting minorities and Jewish Americans, and the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Assistant Attorney General for the Fraud Division Colin McDonald leave the Justice Department after a news conference on the Trump administration’s anti-fraud efforts in Washington on April 7, 2026.(J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
3. The ‘extremist file’ chairman
The SPLC also shelled out more than $140,000 to a paid informant who chaired the National Alliance neo-Nazi group.
The indictment accuses the SPLC of funneling tens of thousands of dollars to the individual between 2016 and 2023.
At least some of the payments occurred at the same time the National Alliance chairman himself was listed on the SPLC’s website, as part of its public “Extremist File” website — a striking and somewhat ironic fact, given that the site was warning the public about how dangerous the individual was.
4. Klan ‘Imperial Wizard’
Among the paid informants was an “Imperial Wizard” of The United Klans of America, a White supremacist group that the SPLC has linked to the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama, that killed four young girls and injured more than a dozen others.
Martin Luther King Jr. described the bombing, which exploded 19 sticks of pre-laid dynamite beneath the steps of a local church, as “one of the most vicious and tragic crimes ever perpetrated against humanity.” It was unclear how much the paid informant received from the SPLC.
Separately, SPLC also funneled money to a Ku Klux Klan member and spouse of an “Exalted Cyclops” — or a local Klan leader tasked with overseeing membership, organizing meetings, and directing activities.
According to the indictment, the informant’s link to the SPLC became known during the KKK chapter’s application to partake in the “Adopt-A-Highway” program, resulting in the discovery of more than $3,500 in known payments from the SPLC.
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The Department of Justice building is seen in Washington, D.C.(Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty)
5. $300K ‘Sadistic Souls’ biker
During the six-year period between 2014 and 2020, the SPLC sent a staggering $300,000 to one paid informant, F-27, who was an officer in both the National Socialist Movement group and the Aryan Nations-affiliated Sadistic Souls Motorcycle Club.
The SPLC also sent some $160,000 to other extremist groups, including the former Grand Wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.
No individuals were named in the indictment, though Blanche noted during a press conference Tuesday that the investigation is ongoing.
According to federal prosecutors, the SPLC’s paid informant program began in the 1980s, shortly after its founding in the 1970s, and allegedly relied on a series of bank accounts set up for fictitious entities and used to funnel the covert payments to informants.
“They’re required to under the laws associated with a nonprofit to have certain transparency and honesty in what they’re telling donors they’re going to spend money on and what their mission statement is and what they’re raising money doing,” Blanche said.
The news comes as the SPLC has seen an increase in public support in recent years — including a groundswell of donations following the 2017 Unite the Right rally, and from prominent donors including George Clooney and Apple CEO Tim Cook.
“Donors gave their money believing they were supporting the fight against violent extremism,” Kevin Davidson, the acting U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, said in a statement.
“As alleged, the SPLC instead diverted a portion of those funds to benefit individuals and groups they claimed to oppose,” Davidson added.
“That kind of deception undermines public trust and social cohesion.”
A spokesperson for the Southern Poverty Law Center told Fox News Digital earlier this week they are reviewing the indictment. The group has denied all allegations of wrongdoing.
“Taking on violent hate and extremist groups is among the most dangerous work there is, and we believe it is also among the most important work we do,” interim SPLC president Bryan Fair said this week in a statement. “The actions by the DOJ will not shake our resolve to fight for justice and ensure the promise of the Civil Rights Movement becomes a reality for all.”
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The spokesperson for the SPLC defended its work monitoring White supremacist groups and other violent extremist organizations — including via the paid informant program — telling Fox News Digital that their use has “saved lives.”
Breanne Deppisch is a national politics reporter for Fox News Digital covering the Trump administration, with a focus on the Justice Department, FBI and other national news. She previously covered national politics at the Washington Examiner and The Washington Post, with additional bylines in Politico Magazine, the Colorado Gazette and others. You can send tips to Breanne at Breanne.Deppisch@fox.com, or follow her on X at @breanne_dep.