The Southern Poverty Law Center has been indicted on federal fraud charges related to its past use of paid informants to infiltrate extremist groups, Attorney General Todd Blanche said Tuesday. The civil rights group faces charges including wire fraud,

The civil rights group is being investigated over how it has sought to infiltrate extremist groups, its CEO says, adding that it "will not be intimidated."

The DOJ accuses the Southern Poverty Law Center of secretly funding extremist figures through shell accounts and prepaid cards in a sweeping fraud case.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the group used donor funds to pay white supremacist groups, not dismantle them.

The Southern Poverty Law Center was indicted Tuesday over a discontinued program that used paid confidential informants to penetrate white supremacist and other organizations, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced.

A federal grand jury indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center on wire and bank fraud-related charges on Tuesday, the Justice Department says, accusing it of paying members of extremist groups as part of its efforts to investigate them.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced Tuesday that a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging the Southern Poverty Law Center with wire, bank fraud and money laundering offenses related to its paying of informants to infiltrate hate groups.

A federal grand jury indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center on wire and bank fraud-related charges on Tuesday, the Justice Department says, accusing it of paying members of extremist groups as part