OC Supervisor Andrew Do to plead guilty to corruption charge following LAist investigation
Imperfect Paradise
LAist Studios
4.5 • 535 Ratings
🗓️ 16 October 2024
⏱️ 38 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
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.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Support for LAIS comes from Car Pros Kia, featuring the 2027 Kia Telluride hybrid with a striking new design and family-friendly seating for up to eight. |
| 0:09.5 | You can learn more at CarPros Kia in Glendale, Huntington Beach, and Moreno Valley. |
| 0:15.1 | LAISD is supported by Elephant Energy. |
| 0:17.7 | Elephant Energy is LA's expert in installing modern and efficient heating and cooling |
| 0:22.0 | systems, the new standard for whisper-quiet comfort year-round. They handle the design and |
| 0:27.5 | the rebates to save you thousands. Claim your rebates at elephantenergy.com. Hey, this is |
| 0:32.8 | Imperfect Paradise. I'm Antonia Seedejillo. |
| 0:45.3 | On a recent Wednesday, I drove down to Tustin, a suburb southeast of Los Angeles in Orange County. |
| 0:57.4 | A place where once there were orange groves and farmlands, and now there are single-family homes and expansive beige outdoor shopping centers under an endless blue Southern California sky. |
| 1:07.0 | 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. |
| 1:12.7 | That colleague, LAS reporter Nick Gurda, and I were there to visit this house. |
| 1:20.8 | And the house is like a lemony yellow color, there's little wall, stone wall in front of the front door. There are roses and like a very large waving American flag. |
| 1:30.2 | We were sitting in Nick's car in a cul-de-sac, |
| 1:33.9 | looking at this lemony house that's nestled next to all the others. |
| 1:37.3 | It turns out the house is owned by Riannon Doe, |
| 1:41.3 | the daughter of one of the most powerful elected officials in Orange County, |
| 1:43.2 | supervisor Andrew Doe. Sales records show that Riannon bought the house |
| 1:46.5 | a little over a year ago, and then this past August. |
| 1:51.2 | Orange County officials are suing a nonprofit at the center of a long-running L.Aist investigation |
| 1:56.9 | covered Doe directed around 13 million in taxpayer dollars. There are now growing |
| 2:02.4 | calls for him to resign before his term is even over. Federal agents on the move, rating several |
| 2:09.0 | homes through the OC, all tied to a non-profit group, including this Tustin home owned by Rihanna |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from LAist Studios, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of LAist Studios and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.