DOJ Grand Jury Targets Neville Roy Singham Over $278 Million Network Tied to CCP-Linked Activism

What the Investigation Covers

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche authorized a federal grand jury in Manhattan to issue subpoenas as part of an investigation into Neville Roy Singham's financial network, Fox News Digital reported. U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton, heading the Southern District of New York, is leading the probe.

The DOJ is examining approximately $278 million that allegedly moved through Singham's network since 2017, according to Fox News Digital. Investigators are looking at suspected wire fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering. The money reportedly passed through donor-advised funds, shell companies, and nonprofits before reaching U.S.-based activist organizations.

A DOJ spokesperson declined to comment, according to the Denver Gazette.

Who Singham Is

Singham, born in the United States to Sri Lankan immigrants, founded Thoughtworks, a Chicago-based software consultancy. He sold it to London-based private equity firm Apax Partners in 2017 for an estimated $785 million, according to India Today. He has been based in Shanghai since.

A broader Fox News Digital investigation, published earlier this year, mapped what it described as a "Red Web": 223 transactions running through 67 organizations across five continents, totaling $591 million in transfers, all pushing pro-China messaging.

Singham's now-wife Jodie Evans co-founded CodePink: Women for Peace in 2002, according to ReadLion. CodePink has received at least $1.4 million from Singham's network since 2017, per reporting by the New York Times. Neither Singham nor Evans has responded to repeated requests for comment from Fox News Digital.

The Broader Network

Organizations in Singham's orbit that subpoenas have targeted include CodePink, The People's Forum, Tricontinental Institute for Social Research, and BreakThrough BT Media, according to ReadLion and Fox News Digital. Singham chairs the Tricontinental Institute's International Advisory Board.

The organizations share overlapping leadership with the Party for Socialism and Liberation, a Marxist political party that has established dozens of "Liberation Centers" around the country, according to reporting by the Daily Caller cited by the Denver Gazette.

A Goldman Sachs spokesperson told the Daily Caller News Foundation that Singham's donor-advised fund at the bank was closed in early 2024. Fox News Digital reported that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent traveled to New York City to meet Goldman Sachs Chairman and CEO David Solomon and urged Solomon to cooperate with federal investigators, warning the bank could face scrutiny for alleged conspiracy in the movement of Singham's funds. A person familiar with that meeting told Fox News Digital the conversation was not contentious and that Solomon agreed to cooperate.

What Congress Has Said

The House Oversight Committee sent Singham an official investigation letter in June 2025, accusing him of funding the Party for Socialism and Liberation and warning that his activities "may violate the Foreign Agents Registration Act" and other federal laws, according to ReadLion. A separate November 2023 letter from the House Committee on Natural Resources raised concerns about CodePink's foreign funding arrangements and alleged CCP connections.

Sen. Jim Banks, R-Indiana, called Singham "a traitor to our country" in a statement to Fox News Digital, arguing Singham uses his wealth to advance Chinese Communist Party interests through U.S. activist groups. Rep. Jason Smith has similarly called for Singham to be "held accountable," according to ReadLion.

Legal Considerations

Critics of the investigation raise a legitimate concern: funding left-wing political causes, even unpopular ones, is protected by the First Amendment. Giving money to domestic nonprofits that advocate against U.S. foreign policy or in support of socialist ideology is not, by itself, a crime. The Foreign Agents Registration Act applies specifically to people acting as agents of a foreign government or foreign principal, and that designation requires proof of direction and control, not merely ideological alignment. Until prosecutors demonstrate that Singham was receiving and acting on instructions from the Chinese Communist Party, the case rests on financial crimes such as fraud and money laundering, not on the content of the speech his money helped fund.

The financial crimes angle, however, is independent of the ideology question. If Singham moved money through shell companies and donor-advised funds in ways that violated U.S. banking and wire fraud statutes, that is a separate legal matter from whether his views are objectionable.

India Connection

The U.S. investigation is not Singham's only legal exposure. India Today reported that Indian authorities have had Singham under scrutiny under anti-terrorism law over allegations that he financed the media platform NewsClick to disseminate Chinese propaganda in India. That investigation preceded the U.S. grand jury probe.

Where Things Stand

As of June 30, 2026, no charges have been filed against Singham. The grand jury subpoenas are an investigative tool, not an indictment. Clayton's nomination by President Trump to serve as Director of National Intelligence has stalled in the Senate, according to the Denver Gazette, leaving his continued role leading this prosecution an open procedural question if that nomination moves forward.