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Supervisor Andrew Do agrees to plead guilty in federal investigation
by 8DonCo Wed Oct 23, 2024 5:02 am
Supervisor Andrew Do agrees to plead guilty in federal investigation, resign from Board of Supervisors
Orange County First District Supervisor Andrew Do agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery in federal court relating to a scheme involving Viet America Society and the embezzlement of millions in COVID relief funds intended to help the county’s most vulnerable residents during the pandemic.
As part of his agreement, he resigned Tuesday from the Board of Supervisors.
United States Attorney Martin Estrada and OC District Attorney Todd Spitzer announced the agreement in a press conference Tuesday morning at the Ronald Reagan Federal Courthouse in Santa Ana. It would be the first conviction of an Orange County supervisor in 50 years, Spitzer said, calling Do the “fox guarding the henhouse.”
“Perhaps the most tragic in this entire case is the fact that the people he stole from, the money he took, was meant for those who were most vulnerable in our community,” Estrada said.
Some $9.3 million in federal COVID relief funds were granted to the nonprofit Viet America Society, mostly at the direction of Do from his First District discretionary funds, to provide meals to the county’s elderly and people with disabilities. Of that, only an estimated $1.4 million was spent on the meals, said the plea agreement.
Prosecutors criticized Do Tuesday for concocting a story on social media about the meals programs providing 2,700 meals a week. Estrada said only 15% of the $9.3 million investigators have looked at went to feeding people during the pandemic.
Do admitted in his plea agreement that beginning in 2020 he received more than $550,000 in bribes to vote in favor of and direct millions in COVID-related funds to Viet America Society, where his daughter was hired as a condition of the bribery scheme. Do directed and worked with county employees to approve contracts with – and payments to – Viet America Society. Do further said in the plea agreement he acted corruptly and abused his position of trust as a county supervisor.
Do allocated the funding to Viet America Society without disclosing his daughter, Rhiannon, worked and held leadership roles for the group. Instead of the funding going to meal programs, Spitzer said the money “filled the pockets of insiders, (Do), and his loved ones, his family members.”
Estrada said Do’s daughter is cooperating with the investigation.
Rhiannon Do, a third-year law student, will enter a diversion agreement, admitting as part of her father’s plea agreement her conduct was criminal and violated federal and state law. Rhiannon Do, 23, could have been charged with mortgage fraud, perjury and making a false statement in writing, according to her diversion agreement. She will be required to continue going to school and will still be eligible to take the bar exam. She will be on federal probation for three years.
Orange County First District Supervisor Andrew Do agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery in federal court relating to a scheme involving Viet America Society and the embezzlement of millions in COVID relief funds intended to help the county’s most vulnerable residents during the pandemic.
As part of his agreement, he resigned Tuesday from the Board of Supervisors.
United States Attorney Martin Estrada and OC District Attorney Todd Spitzer announced the agreement in a press conference Tuesday morning at the Ronald Reagan Federal Courthouse in Santa Ana. It would be the first conviction of an Orange County supervisor in 50 years, Spitzer said, calling Do the “fox guarding the henhouse.”
“Perhaps the most tragic in this entire case is the fact that the people he stole from, the money he took, was meant for those who were most vulnerable in our community,” Estrada said.
Some $9.3 million in federal COVID relief funds were granted to the nonprofit Viet America Society, mostly at the direction of Do from his First District discretionary funds, to provide meals to the county’s elderly and people with disabilities. Of that, only an estimated $1.4 million was spent on the meals, said the plea agreement.
Prosecutors criticized Do Tuesday for concocting a story on social media about the meals programs providing 2,700 meals a week. Estrada said only 15% of the $9.3 million investigators have looked at went to feeding people during the pandemic.
Do admitted in his plea agreement that beginning in 2020 he received more than $550,000 in bribes to vote in favor of and direct millions in COVID-related funds to Viet America Society, where his daughter was hired as a condition of the bribery scheme. Do directed and worked with county employees to approve contracts with – and payments to – Viet America Society. Do further said in the plea agreement he acted corruptly and abused his position of trust as a county supervisor.
Do allocated the funding to Viet America Society without disclosing his daughter, Rhiannon, worked and held leadership roles for the group. Instead of the funding going to meal programs, Spitzer said the money “filled the pockets of insiders, (Do), and his loved ones, his family members.”
Estrada said Do’s daughter is cooperating with the investigation.
Rhiannon Do, a third-year law student, will enter a diversion agreement, admitting as part of her father’s plea agreement her conduct was criminal and violated federal and state law. Rhiannon Do, 23, could have been charged with mortgage fraud, perjury and making a false statement in writing, according to her diversion agreement. She will be required to continue going to school and will still be eligible to take the bar exam. She will be on federal probation for three years.
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Re: Supervisor Andrew Do agrees to plead guilty in federal investigation
by Qtip Wed Oct 23, 2024 5:49 am
Sad!
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Re: Supervisor Andrew Do agrees to plead guilty in federal investigation
by ga10 Wed Oct 23, 2024 8:17 am
What exactly is Viet America Society Funds supposed to be for? Thấy họ nói là nhỏ con gái has leadership roles in that group nhưng 0 biết tiền cho vào đó rồi thì vào túi đứa con hay tẩu tán đi đâu?
Đứa con gái đang học luật năm thứ 3 nhưng vẩn có thể đi thi bar exam ....seems to be very lenient to me!
Đứa con gái đang học luật năm thứ 3 nhưng vẩn có thể đi thi bar exam ....seems to be very lenient to me!
ga10
Re: Supervisor Andrew Do agrees to plead guilty in federal investigation
by tutu2 Wed Oct 23, 2024 8:45 am
Thấy nhuc.qua' ....sau vu.này ra đường be? măt chết luôn
..lòng tham con người không đay' bâ't kê? giàu nghèo.
..lòng tham con người không đay' bâ't kê? giàu nghèo.
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Re: Supervisor Andrew Do agrees to plead guilty in federal investigation
by Qtip Wed Oct 23, 2024 8:46 am
Họ dùng tiền đó mua 6 căn nhà một căn do người con gái đứng tên
Chắc ông bố nhận hết tội về mình nên đứa con gái mới được yên thân...
Chắc ông bố nhận hết tội về mình nên đứa con gái mới được yên thân...
Last edited by Qtip on Wed Oct 23, 2024 8:53 am; edited 1 time in total
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Re: Supervisor Andrew Do agrees to plead guilty in federal investigation
by tutu2 Wed Oct 23, 2024 8:50 am
Cha này làm bad đi tiếng tăm của nguoi Viet hải ngoai.trong the giới Mÿ
Ɗê? tui đi tìm hình con me.dzvø.
Ɗê? tui đi tìm hình con me.dzvø.
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Re: Supervisor Andrew Do agrees to plead guilty in federal investigation
by 8DonCo Wed Oct 23, 2024 9:28 am
Mấy người nghèo ăn "queo phe" 1 tháng có mấy trăm bị chửi lên chửi xuống , còn dân "high class" cheaters còn gấp vạn lần nếu không tìm ra được, chắn chắn là cũng có người không phát giác ra
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Re: Supervisor Andrew Do agrees to plead guilty in federal investigation
by 8DonCo Sat Nov 02, 2024 1:48 am
Andrew Đỗ nhận tội hối lộ, sẽ bị tuyên án ngày 31 Tháng Ba, 2025
SANTA ANA, California (NV) – Cựu Giám Sát Viên Orange County Andrew Đỗ vừa chính thức nhận tội hối lộ liên quan đến hơn $10 triệu tiền COVID-19 trong phiên tòa tại tòa án liên bang ở Santa Ana hôm Thứ Năm, 31 Tháng Mười.
SANTA ANA, California (NV) – Cựu Giám Sát Viên Orange County Andrew Đỗ vừa chính thức nhận tội hối lộ liên quan đến hơn $10 triệu tiền COVID-19 trong phiên tòa tại tòa án liên bang ở Santa Ana hôm Thứ Năm, 31 Tháng Mười.
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Re: Supervisor Andrew Do agrees to plead guilty in federal investigation
by Tu* Khoai Sat Nov 02, 2024 5:08 am
Cuồng chump tham nhũng thối nát là em này đây . Moi móc tiền cứu trợ người nghèo trong lúc Covid thì phải ngồi tù rục xương .
Bè lũ cuồng chump đúng là đống rác .. A basket of deplorables ...No more No Less!
Bè lũ cuồng chump đúng là đống rác .. A basket of deplorables ...No more No Less!
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Re: Supervisor Andrew Do agrees to plead guilty in federal investigation
by Tu* Khoai Sat Nov 02, 2024 5:13 am
Dân VN dell hiểu biết gì về chính trị . Chỉ biết nhắm mắt đi bầu cho thằng con nào là "gốc Việt" và tự xưng mình là người "đảng Cộng Hoà" . Cái oái oăm của hết 80 phần trăm dân mít cuồng chump là khoái ngữa tay xin tiền trợ cấp xã hội và Obamacare mà lại hô hào đưa lão già thối nát chump lên làm thánh nhìn mới ghê ..
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