Heidi Beirich arrest

    by Jolyon: Todd Blanche

    Heidi Beirich, the former SPLC CFO, was arrested this morning, AG Todd Blanche confirmed. An indictment unsealed this morning includes her and alleges she participated in a scheme involving opening bank accounts under fictitious company names and making payments to individuals for reasons that were not accurately described. The arrest is part of an ongoing investigation into secret payments to informants inside white supremacist groups.

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    Poverty Law Center. Can you please speak a little bit about what you've learned as part of that investigation and if we should expect more charges? So I'm not, so yes, today my understanding is today there was, there was an arrest made and there is a new indictment that includes the, the former CFO of SPLC. I don't have any comments about whether we've said from the beginning, everybody, not just me, but anybody who's talked about this case, like virtually every criminal case, the fact that an indictment is returned doesn't end the investigation. It's just part of the investigation in most cases, which is certainly true in this case. I think as alleged in the indictment, this individual participated in the scheme. As alleged, I believe she was part of the effort to open bank accounts and completely fictitious companies' names and make payments to individuals for reasons that were not accurate as described, but I don't have I think the indictment was Unsealed this morning. I don't have or I believe it's unsealed this morning I think the arrest was this morning I don't have anything to say beyond that except to say that this is exactly what we said what happened in a case like this which is that Our investigators and the US attorneys and the agents work in the case will can keep on working it even after the initial indictment Yesterday