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A federal grand jury in Manhattan is now investigating a China-based American millionaire who allegedly funneled $278 million into U.S. left-wing groups — with his own wife, the co-founder of Code Pink, named in the subpoenas.

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The Department of Justice launched a grand jury probe into Neville Roy Singham for alleged money laundering, tax violations, and illegal foreign influence operations.
Prosecutors say Singham moved $278 million from Shanghai through shell companies and a Goldman Sachs donor fund into U.S. nonprofits over nearly a decade.
Singham’s wife, Jodie Evans, co-founder of the anti-war group Code Pink, has also been named in grand jury subpoenas.
Congressional investigators say Singham may have acted as an agent of the Chinese Communist Party without registering with the U.S. government as required by law.

Who Is Neville Roy Singham?

Neville Roy Singham is an American tech millionaire who sold his software company for $785 million, then moved to Shanghai. Over the past decade, he became one of the largest private funders of left-wing organizing in the United States. A 2023 New York Times investigation found that Singham works closely with Chinese state media and funnels money to groups that spread pro-China messaging around the world.

Singham has denied the allegations. In a public statement, he rejected claims that he runs a funding network tied to the Chinese government’s propaganda arm. But federal investigators are not taking his word for it. Grand jurors in Manhattan have now issued subpoenas for bank records as part of a formal criminal probe.

How the Money Allegedly Moved

According to testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee, Singham used donor-advised funds — most notably the Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund — to move large sums of money while cutting the paper trail between himself and the groups receiving the cash. A Fox News Digital investigation tracked 223 separate transactions totaling $591 million globally, with $278 million flowing directly to U.S.-based organizations since 2017.

Donor-advised funds are legal financial tools that let donors give money to a sponsoring organization, which then distributes it to nonprofits. Critics say these funds can be used to hide who is really behind the donations. Congressional investigators say Singham exploited this structure to move money through U.S. tax-exempt groups while making it nearly impossible to trace the original source.

Federal Law at the Center of the Case

The probe centers on two key laws. The first is the Foreign Agents Registration Act, which requires anyone acting on behalf of a foreign government inside the United States to register with the Department of Justice and disclose their activities. The second involves federal tax laws that bar nonprofits from being used as vehicles for foreign money or political influence. Congressional investigators say Singham may have violated both without ever registering.

The probe was authorized by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and is being led by U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton out of the Southern District of New York. Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith called the investigation a direct result of months of congressional oversight into foreign money flowing through U.S. nonprofits. Smith’s committee has been tracking what it describes as a broader pattern of foreign dark money — more than $2.7 billion in total — moving through the U.S. nonprofit sector from countries including China, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

Code Pink and Jodie Evans

Singham’s wife, Jodie Evans, co-founded Code Pink, a well-known anti-war activist group. Congressional investigators say Code Pink received roughly 25 percent of its funding from Singham. Subpoenas have been issued naming Evans as well. The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law notes that congressional letters flagged Code Pink’s reported shift in positions on China after it began receiving Singham’s money — a detail investigators say is relevant to the foreign influence question.

A Bigger Problem Than One Man

The Singham case is the largest single example cited in recent congressional hearings, but investigators say it is part of a much wider problem. Five foreign charities alone have quietly sent nearly $2 billion into U.S. policy fights, funding litigation, protests, lobbying, and media operations. Whether you lean left or right, the core issue is the same: foreign governments and their allies appear to be buying influence inside the United States through tax-exempt organizations that most Americans assume are purely domestic.