There are so few hate crimes in the United States that demand exceeds supply, leading people to fabricate hate crimes over which to be outraged. The Southern Poverty Law Center has allegedly done one better, now being charged with funding the hate groups it opposes.

The SPLC is facing six counts of wire fraud, four counts of bank fraud, and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. The case was brought forward by the Justice Department, which alleges that the organization was creating bank accounts for fictional organizations and funneling the money through shell entities to disguise where the money was coming from. Where the money was going, apparently, was to individuals affiliated with the Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazi organizations.