Imperfect Paradise: OC Supervisor Andrew Do to plead guilty to corruption charge following LAist investigation

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🗓️ 16 October 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do has resigned and agreed to plead guilty for a conspiracy to steal millions of dollars in COVID relief funds meant to feed needy seniors. Do’s criminal charges and plea agreement follow an LAist investigation, which uncovered more than $13 million in public funds directed by Do to Viet America Society (VAS) without disclosing his daughter was a leader at the nonprofit. The U.S. Attorney called Do’s conspiracy “Robin Hood in reverse.” Imperfect Paradise host Antonia Cereijido speaks with LAist Correspondent Nick Gerda, who broke the story nearly a year ago, about LAist’s investigation and its impact.

*This episode was updated with breaking news of Andrew Do’s criminal charges and plea agreement.

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.
0:25.4	Support for l aest comes from the american french film festival one week of french films and series
0:30.9	premieres beginning oct October 29th at the
0:33.0	Directors Guild of America in Hollywood presenting 60 new French films and
0:37.2	series more at T-A-F-F-F-O-O. Hey this is In Perfect Paradise I'm Antonia Cijo.
0:44.0	On a recent Wednesday, I drove down to Tustin, a suburb southeast of Los Angeles in Orange County.
0:55.6	A place where once there were orange groves and farmlands,
0:58.6	and now there are single family homes
1:00.6	and expansive beige outdoor shopping centers under an endless blue Southern California sky.
1:06.9	A classic California suburb that I had never been to until my colleagues reporting alerted me to the existence of a house in the area.
1:17.0	That colleague, L.A.S reporter Nick Gerta and I were there to visit this house.
1:22.0	And the house is like a lemony yellow color.
1:26.0	There's little wall, a stone wall in front of the front door.
1:30.0	There are roses and like a very large waving American flag.
1:35.8	We were sitting in Nick's car in a cul-de-sac looking at this lemony house
1:40.8	that's nestled next to all the others. It turns out the house is owned by
1:45.0	Rianandow, the daughter of one of the most powerful elected officials in Orange
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