A former Las Vegas politician raised more than $70,000 to build a memorial for a slain police officer; prosecutors said she used the donations for rent and her daughter's wedding | World News - The T...
A fundraising campaign intended to honour two Las Vegas police officers killed in the line of duty became the centre of a federal fraud case after more than $70,000 raised from donors was spent elsewhere. Michele Fiore, a former Las Vegas city councilwoman who also ran as a Republican candidate for governor of Nevada, was convicted by a federal jury in October 2024.