SPLC director funneled $1.2 MILLION from org to her lover in neo-Nazi group, shared bank account with him: indictment

A new report has revealed that the Southern Poverty Law Center employee who had a romantic relationship with a "field source" who was allegedly paid by the SPLC for over 20 years and was part of the neo-Nazi group National Alliance is believed to be Heidi Beirich, a top employee at the nonprofit between 2012 and 2019. 

The employee is listed only as "Employee-2" in the superseding indictment, and is described as a "person who would become Director of the SPLC’s Intelligence Project." The indictment accuses the SPLC of funneling donor money to extremist groups in the US, with funds being used for things such as KKK robes and hats, rallies, and living expenses. 

Employee-2 is alleged to have had a romantic relationship with a field source identified only as "F-9," whom prosecutors alleged had been paid over $1.2 million in donor funds. F-9 allegedly infiltrated the National Alliance "at the direction of the SPLC" and helped raise money for the extremist group. 

The superseding indictment alleged that around $140,000 was deposited into a joint bank account owned by F-9 and Employee-2, who owned a house together. The employee is alleged to have "then used donors’ money to pay the couple’s personal living expenses." 

Per the New York Post, Employee-2 is believed to be Beirich based on details laid out in the superseding indictment. Beirich, 58, was the director of the SPLC’s Intelligence Project between 2012 and 2019. 

The indictment alleged that F-9 broke into the organization’s headquarters and stole "approximately 25 boxes of documents." The contents of those documents were allegedly the basis of an article Beirich wrote in 2015 for the SPLC’s Hatewatch section of its website titled "Chaos at the Compound." The indictment also alleged that the SPLC paid a second informant around $6,000 to take responsibility for the burglary and cover it who their informant was. It is still unknown who F-9 is. 

National Alliance chairman William White Williams, 78, told the New York Post, "I knew it was that fat, ugly hog Heidi Beirich." He confirmed that details laid out in the indictment matched what occurred in the court. Williams added of the informants, "I think some of those cluckers wanted to get out of the movement and they went to the SPLC for help. But instead of helping them, [the SPLC] said, ‘Why don’t you stay in and get paid?’"