Reporter Dan Tracy discovered conflicts of interest at the Orlando-based Florida’s Blood Centers, the nation’s fourth-largest independent blood bank. Among them: Members of the board of directors were each year selling millions of dollars of goods and services to the agency; board members had no term limits; its president was paid nearly $600,000 annually and had used the nonprofit’s money and employees to self-publish a book; and the blood center was holding board retreats at the luxury Ritz-Carlton hotel.
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