LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – Under intense grilling by federal prosecutors Tuesday, Sheena Siegel, the daughter of Michele Fiore, repeatedly pleaded the Fifth – exercising her constitutional right to avoid incriminating herself – when she was on the stand in her mother’s defense.
Fiore, a now-suspended Pahrump Justice of the Peace, is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and six counts of wire fraud.
Fiore previously pleaded not guilty to the original charges filed in July and subsequent charges filed earlier this month.
Michele Fiore enters ‘not guilty’ plea to federal charges accusing her of wire fraud
Those additional federal charges included a co-conspirator, identified as “person A.”
Based on testimony in the federal case against Fiore, it seemed more apparent that Siegel could be “person A.”
“Person A, an individual who resided in the state of Nevada, is a relative and co-conspirator of Fiore who received a portion of the fraudulent proceeds and served as a conduit to conceal the means and methods of Fiore’s fraud by receiving payment from entities controlled by Fiore and spending those proceeds to benefit the conspirators,” the indictment stated.