Husband of Code Pink founder being probed under federal foreign agent and tax laws

Neville Roy Singham, the wealthy husband of the founder of the progressive nonprofit Code Pink and benefactor of far-left political causes, is under criminal investigation by a grand jury in the Southern District of New York, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the matter.

The investigation began by looking into possible violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act and has since expanded into a criminal tax probe over whether money was unlawfully funneled through nonprofits he controls and whether he lied on the tax forms for those nonprofits, known as "990s," the sources said.

Singham is a major financial backer of a New York City-based nonprofit called the People's Forum, a left-leaning nonprofit that advocates for causes impacting the working class and other marginalized groups.

He is also the founder of Thoughtworks, an IT consulting company, and is married to Jodie Evans, co-founder of the anti-war group Code Pink. Singham sold Thoughtworks to a private equity firm in 2017 for $785 million. At around the same time, Singham moved his business operations to Shanghai, China, and began funding a vast, global network of nonprofits and think tanks to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars.

According to reports in The Free Press and the New York Times, Singham moved the funds through shell companies and other opaque entities advancing his brand of leftist politics while pushing pro-Beijing messaging. He injected much of his own money into Code Pink, funding up to a quarter of its operation, according to reports. Soon, Code Pink softened its stance on China, which had previously been highly critical of Beijing's human rights policies. Among other things, the group defended China against widespread reports its government was committing genocide against a Muslim minority group in the country's far Northwest.

Singham has come under scrutiny by Republican members of Congress since last year over his embrace of Chinese political views, with some questioning whether he has been acting as a foreign agent of China.

The chairman of the Republican-controlled House Ways and Means Committee, GOP Rep. Jason Smith of Missouri, has alleged that several nonprofits controlled by Singham are tied to China and have funneled money to political causes in the U.S. His committee has demanded documents to determine whether there could be coordination between Singham, his nonprofits and Chinese government officials. House Ways and Means and other congressional committees allege Singham's funding of radical activist groups across the globe as well as insi