LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A federal District Courtroom choose denied a former Las Vegas councilwoman’s movement for a brand new trial Friday, the 8 Information Now Investigators have discovered, endorsing the federal government’s case that she schemed to capitalize on a group tragedy.
Michele Fiore, a sitting — however suspended — Justice Courtroom choose in Nye County, requested the courtroom to grant her both an acquittal or a brand new trial after a jury deliberated for 2 hours and convicted her on one depend of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and 6 counts of wire fraud in October 2024.
Every depend carries a most sentence of 20 years. Fiore’s sentencing is scheduled for Might 14…