Orange County supervisor funneled millins to a charity run by his daughter..they purchased houses

Daughter was barely out of her teens supervisor Andrew Do didn't disclose daughter was ceo of charity. Wife is judge. Immensely crooked family.


Orange County sues Viet America Society leaders, including Supervisor Andrew Do’s daughter

The nonprofit Viet America Society and some of its leadership, including the daughter of county Supervisor Andrew Do, “brazenly plundered” millions of dollars in COVID relief funds to buy properties and make lavish purchases, alleged a lawsuit filed Thursday by the county of Orange.

The suit accused the charity, CEO Peter Ahn Pham, Rhiannon Do and other associates of committing breach of contract, conspiracy and constructive fraud, among other complaints. The suit also noted some of its allegations are violations of federal law.

Starting in 2020, the county gave Viet America Society more than $10 million in federal COVID relief money, largely to provide meals to elderly and disabled people during the pandemic. About $1 million was for a Vietnam War memorial that was never built. Most of the money came from Supervisor Do’s First District discretionary fund.

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“Defendants saw the opportunity, and conspired to embezzle pandemic relief funds by executing contracts that they never intended to perform, instead using the funding streams as their own personal banking accounts,” it said.

The lawsuit alleged six properties in Garden Grove, Buena Park, Santa Ana, Fountain Valley and Tustin were purchased between August 2021 and May 2024 with county funds.

Among the properties is a three-bedroom home in Tustin purchased for $1,035,000 by Rhiannon Do in July 2023. Real estate documents obtained by The Orange County Register show Rhiannon Do – whom a former VAS attorney previously said earned $18,000 in 2022 at VAS – obtained a $621,000 loan for the house as a single woman through EMET Mortgage in Brea. The down payment would have been $414,000 for the house on Candeda Place with wood floors and vaulted ceilings.

Viet America Society and its associates also made “voluminous, unaccounted for ATM withdrawals,” using the money for their personnel spending, the suit alleged.

https://www.ocregister.com/2024/08/15/county-of-orange-files-lawsuit-against-viet-america-society-and-affiliates/