Overview

• Former Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison after admitting he accepted over $550,000 in bribes to direct more than $10 million in COVID-19 relief funds to the Viet America Society.
• Investigators found that only $1.4 million of the allocated funds were spent on meals for elderly and disabled residents while the remainder was diverted to real estate purchases, lavish dinners and cash withdrawals by insiders.
• Do’s daughters benefited from the scheme, with Rhiannon Do receiving a high-paying job and a $350,000 down payment on a Tustin home and her sister collecting $100,000 in payments.
• Prosecutors have unsealed charges against Viet America Society founder Peter Pham, now a fugitive believed to be in Taipei, and expect to arraign Thanh Huong Nguyen of the Hand-to-Hand Relief Organization.
• Under his plea agreement, Do must pay between $550,000 and $730,500 in restitution, forfeit assets tied to the conspiracy and relinquish pension credits related to his tenure.