Florida Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll (R) has resigned over her ties to a non-profit caught up in a racketeering and money laundering investigation.Gov. Rick Scott’s office announced Carroll’s resignation Wednesday morning, after Florida Department of Law Enforcement officials interviewed Carroll this week about work that her former public relations company did for Allied Veterans of the World, a Florida-based nonprofit. According to The Miami Herald, Allied Veterans of the World operates a chain of internet cafes in the state, and Carroll’s public relations firm did work for the non-profit while Carroll was serving in the Florida House.
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