Former Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) Chief Financial Officer Heidi Beirich was arrested on Wednesday, with authorities alleging that she made secret payments to informants in white supremacist groups.

The Department of Justice brought charges against the SPLC earlier this year over fraudulent payments. Attorney General Todd Blanche confirmed the arrest in a press conference.

“I believe she was part of the effort to open bank accounts in completely fictitious companies’ names and make payments to individuals for reasons that were not accurate as described,” Blanche told reporters. 

Beirich has also been accused of cohabitating with and dating one of the informants whom she allegedly paid.

In June, the DOJ announced charges against the organization on 11 counts of wire fraud, bank fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

The agency alleged that the SPLC paid people to remain in neo-Nazi and white supremacist groups to become informants.

Beirich's arrest followed a superseding indictment that added her as an individual defendant, CNN reported.

Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent for Just the News. Follow him on X.