Former Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do was ordered to repay the government nearly $900,000 at his federal restitution hearing on Monday for pandemic relief funds that he funneled to benefit himself and his family.
The 62-year-old politician from Santa Ana resigned his seat on the board as part of a 2024 plea deal where he pleaded guilty to a felony charge of conspiracy to commit bribery. He was sentenced in June to five years in prison.
Do admitted that beginning in 2020 and continuing for several years, in exchange for more than $550,000 in bribes, he directed $10 million in COVID-19 pandemic relief funds to the Viet America Society, a charity affiliated with his daughter. The pandemic relief funds were to provide meals to the disabled and elderly. Prosecutors said that only