{"id":2643775,"date":"2026-08-12T17:13:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T21:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-arrests-former-southern-poverty-law-center-cfo-heidi-beirich\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T17:18:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T21:18:22","slug":"doj-arrests-former-southern-poverty-law-center-cfo-heidi-beirich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-arrests-former-southern-poverty-law-center-cfo-heidi-beirich\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ arrests former Southern Poverty Law Center CFO Heidi Beirich"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdoj-arrests-former-southern-poverty-law-center-cfo-heidi-beirich%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2643775&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Justice Department has arrested Heidi Beirich, former Intelligence Project Director at the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), on charges related to fraud and conspiracy. Beirich is accused of helping to conceal payments made to informants embedded within white supremacist groups, using fictitious businesses and bank accounts to funnel donor funds-over $4.1 million from 2007 to 2023-while secretly supporting extremist entities like the National Alliance. prosecutors allege she was involved in schemes including wire fraud, false statements, and money laundering, and that she oversaw payments to informants such as &#8220;F-9,&#8221; who infiltrated neo-Nazi groups. The indictment claims she was personally involved with &#8220;F-9&#8221; and used stolen materials to report on extremist activities. The SPLC denies wrongdoing, asserting its longstanding informant program was used appropriately. Beirich faces multiple charges and is scheduled for arraignment in August, as the DOJ continues to pursue the case.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-justice\/\">Justice Department<\/a> on Wednesday made its first individual arrest in its fraud case against the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/splc\/\">Southern Poverty Law Center<\/a>, charging former Intelligence Project Director Heidi Beirich with helping to conceal donor-funded payments to informants embedded in white supremacist groups.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beirich was arrested Wednesday in California, according to a person familiar with the arrest. The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/1073066942\/SPLC-2nd-SS-Indictment-Redacted\">26-page second superseding indictment<\/a> was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, where the broader case against the SPLC is pending.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4684895\/doj-first-arrest-southern-poverty-law-center-fraud-case\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>DOJ makes first arrest in Southern Poverty Law Center fraud case<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4684946\/luigi-mangione-hearing-trial-plea-deal-letter-doj-prosecutors-defense-attorneys\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Unexpected hearing in Luigi Mangione trial stirs rumors of plea deal<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4684851\/tyler-robinson-death-penalty-charlie-kirk\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Tyler Robinson\u2019s lawyers argue against death penalty because he only endangered Charlie Kirk<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">Heidi Beirich, Intelligence Project Director Southern Poverty Law Center, speaks during the Women in the World Summit at Lincoln Center in New York, Thursday, April 6, 2017. (AP Photo\/Mary Altaffer)<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; data-large-file=&#8221;https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2026\/08\/localimages\/AP17100537797990.jpg?w=696&#8243; &#8220;https:><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Heidi Beirich, Intelligence Project director at the Southern Poverty Law Center, speaks during the Women in the World Summit at Lincoln Center in New York, Thursday, April 6, 2017. (AP Photo\/Mary Altaffer)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI believe she was part of the effort to open bank accounts in completely fictitious companies\u2019 names and make payments to individuals for reasons that were not accurate as described,\u201d Attorney General Todd Blanche said at a Wednesday news conference.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beirich faces three counts, including wire fraud conspiracy, conspiracy to submit false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspiracy to commit concealment money laundering. She is scheduled to be arraigned virtually on Aug. 19 at 1 p.m. local time, according to an update on the federal court docket.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prosecutors alleged Beirich helped operate a system of fictitious businesses and bank accounts used to move donor money to so-called field sources inside extremist groups.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the indictment, the SPLC secretly funneled at least $4.1 million in tax-exempt donations through accounts tied to sham entities including Center Investigative Agency, Fox Photography, North West Technologies, Tech Writers Group, and Rare Books Warehouse from 2007 through 2023.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\u00a0DOJ\u00a0alleges the accounts concealed payments to informants affiliated with or leading groups the SPLC publicly portrayed itself as fighting. The government says the organization told donors their money would help <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-loves-to-say-his-wh-bid-was-sparked-by-charlottesville-rally-which-doj-says-the-splc-helped-plan\/\" title=\"Biden Loves to Say His WH Bid Was Sparked by Charlottesville Rally, Which DOJ Says the ... Helped Plan\">dismantle violent extremist groups<\/a> while concealing that some funds were routed to the groups\u2019 leaders and organizers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the center of the allegations against Beirich is \u201cF-9,\u201d an informant who infiltrated the neo-Nazi National Alliance. Prosecutors alleged the SPLC paid F-9 more than $1.2 million in donor money over two decades while the source continued raising money for the National Alliance and helping it carry out extremist activity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beirich allegedly oversaw payments to F-9 while she was romantically involved with the source. The pair shared a house and two bank accounts, according to the indictment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From 2015 through 2021, approximately $140,000 in donor money allegedly moved from the SPLC\u2019s operating account through the Tech Writers account and into the couple\u2019s joint accounts. Prosecutors said the money made up roughly 66% of all deposits into those accounts and was used for their personal living expenses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <em>New York Post<\/em> previously reported on those details in June, when Beirich was not named in the indictment but was identified as the former SPLC official referred to as \u201cEmployee-2.\u201d The new indictment names her directly and charges her in the alleged scheme.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The indictment also alleges F-9 broke into the National Alliance\u2019s West Virginia headquarters in 2014, stole approximately 25 boxes of records, brought them to North Carolina to be copied, and then returned the originals.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prosecutors said Beirich knew the materials were stolen and used them as the basis for a Hatewatch story. The <em>New York Post<\/em> identified the article as Beirich\u2019s 2015 piece, \u201cChaos at the Compound,\u201d and reported that the second source prosecutors accuse the SPLC of paying about $6,000 to falsely take responsibility for the burglary was Randolph Dilloway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The department had previously indicated that more charges would be on the way in the case, though its first named person marks a notable progression as the DOJ seeks to take the case to a trial as early as Oct. 5.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is exactly what we said would happen in a case like this, which is that our investigators and the U.S. attorneys and the agents working the case will keep on working it even after the initial indictment,\u201d Blanche added on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4639812\/splc-had-inside-source-within-patriot-front-intelligence-report-prosecutors-say\/\">SPLC HAD INSIDE \u2018SOURCE\u2019 WITHIN PATRIOT FRONT: INTELLIGENCE REPORT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The SPLC has denied wrongdoing and argued the government has mischaracterized a long-running informant program designed to gather intelligence on extremist groups. The organization has said law enforcement agencies used information collected through its informants in the past.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> contacted an attorney for the SPLC but did not receive a response.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DOJ arrests SPLC&#8217;s Heidi Beirich in fraud case<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2633,"featured_media":2643776,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26224701642614.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[7076,84061,55964],"class_list":["post-2643775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-doj","tag-heidi-beirich","tag-southern-poverty-law-center"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26224701642614.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2643775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2633"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2643775"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2643775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2643779,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2643775\/revisions\/2643779"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2643776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2643775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2643775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2643775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}