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In a courtroom twist that could only happen in Vegas, Michele Fiore, a former Las Vegas city councilwoman and one-time gubernatorial candidate, was convicted yesterday of turning a charity effort into her personal piggy bank. A federal jury in Nevada found her guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and six counts of wire fraud, all tied to a scheme where she raised money for fallen police officers—only to spend it on herself. Read: South Dakota Man Indicted In Federal Court For Assaulting Infant Fiore, 54, of Pahrump, Nevada, had been soliciting charitable donations, claiming t…

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