As Michele Fiore approached her federal sentencing , a diverse group of people wrote letters praising her character, honesty and good works.

Supporters included a former Las Vegas mayor, a man who spent decades in prison for a 1974 murder before being exonerated and the president of Real Water, the bottled water company linked to a liver failure outbreak and multiple deaths, court records show.

Fiore, a former Las Vegas councilwoman, was found guilty of conspiracy and wire fraud charges by a federal jury in October.

Federal prosecutors said she raised tens of thousands of dollars for a statue honoring Metropolitan Police Department officer Alyn Beck, who was shot and killed with his partner in 2014. Fiore then spent the donations on personal expenses: rent, plastic surgery and her daugh

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