Former top executives at the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) allegedly used a network of checking accounts to secretly funnel $4.1 million to extremists, including one nicknamed ‘The Aryan Barbarian,’ in a long-running pay-to-hate scheme, federal officials told Fox News Digital.
Alleged Scheme
The SPLC’s former chief financial officer, Teenie Hutchison, and ex-Intelligence Project chief, Heidi Beirich, allegedly created the accounts at Synovus Bank in 2008, making the beleaguered nonprofit’s trusted bank a hub for diverting supporters’ donations to sketchy groups, sources said.
The alleged violations continued after Beirich’s and Hutchison’s tenures at SPLC. The SPLC listed its official bank as Sterling Bank, a Synovus Bank subsidiary based in Montgomery.
Federal Investigation
Federal prosecutors allege the accounts were used to pay informants while concealing the source of the money. The government’s theory is that the accounts became the financial infrastructure supporting a sprawling money laundering operation.
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