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Imperfect Paradise: Investigating fraud allegations over missing pandemic funds in Orange County

California Love

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🗓️ 16 October 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

An LAist investigation uncovered more than $13 million in public funds directed by Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do to Viet America Society (VAS) without disclosing his daughter was a leader at the nonprofit. County officials now allege that money was “brazenly plundered” for personal gain. Imperfect Paradise host Antonia Cereijido speaks with LAist correspondent Nick Gerda, who broke the story, about the ongoing investigation.

Support for this podcast is made possible by Gordon and Dona Crawford, who believe that quality journalism makes Los Angeles a better place to live. 

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0:00.0

Support for LAS comes from UCLA's Department of Statistics and Data Science,

0:04.5

offering their Masters of Applied Statistics and Data Science program,

0:07.8

which teaches Advanced Data Science to Working Professionals.

0:10.8

All courses meet in the evenings. Employees in local industries in the

0:14.3

Los Angeles and greater Los Angeles area are invited to apply for next fall

0:18.3

2025. Learn more at master.stat. ucla.edU.e.d.e. u.e. u.e. u.e. ucla dot e d u.

0:26.0

voting can be complicated

0:28.0

L. A. is here to help check out L. A.S. voter game

0:31.0

plan the fact-based voter guide that will give you the tools you need to navigate your ballot.

0:35.6

Visit voter game plan at LAAS.com.

0:41.2

Hey, this is imperfect paradise. I'm Antonia Cédéhido.

0:45.0

On a recent Wednesday, I drove down to Tustin, a suburb southeast of Los Angeles in Orange County.

0:55.0

A place where once there were orange groves and farmlands,

0:59.0

and now there are single family homes and expansive beige outdoor shopping centers under an endless blue

1:05.2

southern California sky. A classic California suburb that I had never been to until my colleagues

1:12.2

reporting alerted me to the existence of a house in the

1:15.8

area. That colleague, L.A. S. reporter Nick Gerda and I were there to visit this house.

1:26.8

And the house is like a lemony yellow color.

1:30.5

There's little wall, a stone wall in front of the front door. There are roses and like a very large waving American flag.

1:37.0

We were sitting in Nick's car in a cul-de-sac looking at this lemony house that's nestled next to all the others. It turns out the house is owned by

1:45.5

Rianandau, the daughter of one of the most powerful elected officials in Orange County,

1:51.0

supervisor Andrew Doe.

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