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Former Las Vegas Councilwoman and former Nevada candidate for Governor Linda Fiore has been convicted of fraud after getting caught using money for a slain officer's memorial for herself.

I don't mean some of the money, I mean all of the money:

Former Las Vegas City Councilwoman Michele Fiore was convicted of federal fraud charges Thursday after she used donations intended for a fallen police officer’s memorial for her personal gain, marking a downfall for the firebrand conservative who nearly became Nevada’s treasurer two years ago.

A Las Vegas jury convicted Fiore, 54, of six counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Each count carries a maximum sentence of 20 years imprisonment. She will be sentenced Jan. 6 and had little reaction as Judge Jennifer Dorsey read the verdict.

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The verdict culminated a trial that included testimony from dozens of witnesses, including Gov. Joe Lombardo, FBI agents, local business owners and Fiore’s daughter. Fiore declined to testify.

The case centered on the construction of a statue honoring Alyn Beck, a Las Vegas police officer killed in the line of duty in 2014. Federal prosecutors accused Fiore — across six months in 2019 and 2020 while serving as a councilwoman — of soliciting donations to her PAC and nonprofit for the construction of the statue but using the money for personal use, including her rent, plastic surgery and another daughter’s wedding.

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A real estate group, Olympia Companies, originally agreed to pay for half of the statue but ultimately footed the entire bill, according to testimony from Chris Armstrong, a company executive. The statue’s sculptor also testified that Fiore never gave money for the memorial.

Several witnesses testified that Fiore had pledged to use their donations to fund the statue, but that they were never contacted about the money no longer being needed, and that they were not fully reimbursed. Others who testified about giving money to Fiore for the statue included Tommy White, the secretary-treasurer of Laborers Local 872, attorney Peter Palivos and former Henderson Mayor Robert Groesbeck.

It wasn't that she took some of the money, she took it all.

Serious MAGAt, BTW.  Among other things, she released a cheese cakey gun fondling calendar a few years back.

Seriously.  If you are gonna be corrupt, don't take it all.  That's some third world sh%$.