She raised $70,000 for a slain officer's statue — then spent it on plastic surgery and her daughter's wedding, prosecutors said. Trump pardoned her

It’s a stunning turnaround for anyone facing potential jail time and substantial financial penalties, but the case of Fiore is particularly noteworthy.

A fallen officer

In 2014, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officer Alyn Beck and his partner Igor Soldo were shot and killed without warning while eating lunch at a local pizza restaurant. The subjects then stole both officers’ weapons and ammunition before running to a nearby Walmart, where they shot and killed a civilian. It was an incident that horrified the community.

Fiore, federal prosecutors said at her federal trial, raised more than $70,000 for a statue intended to honor Beck. That statue was built, but it was paid for by Olympia Companies, the developer of the tribute.

Prosecutors said the $70,000 Fiore raised was instead spent on rent, plastic surgery and her daughter’s wedding. She was convicted in October 2024. The following April, she received a full and unconditional pardon from Trump.

As part of the terms of that pardon, Fiore was no longer obligated to return the money to people who had donated it for the statue, something the judge was likely to require as part of her sentencing.

Another twist

Fiore was, at one time, a Las Vegas city councilwoman. When she left that job, she became a justice of the peace in Pahrump, a small town located a little more than an hour west of Las Vegas. She was suspended from that position during the trial over the statue money.

In a suspension order written in May 2025, the Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline wrote that Fiore, after becoming a judge, had “continued to defraud the donors by keeping donations to which she was not entitled and continued to fail to notify them she used their funds for personal expenses instead of for the statue.”

During her suspension, however, Fiore continued to collect a salary. And though she lost in her efforts to get re-elected last month, she will continue to be paid until her term is over. Since July 2024, the month she was indicted, she has been paid $194,000 in salary and benefits, say officials in Nye County, where Pahrump is located.

What’s next for her is undetermined, but she has spoken about becoming a federal judge in the past — and, following her election loss, told the Las Vegas Review Journal “you’ll probably see me in Washington, D.C. a bit more often, but I’ve learned something over the years: the best moves are usually the ones people don’t see coming.”