A man accused of scheming with former Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do now is suing the embattled supervisor for $50 million, accusing him of taking advantage of their friendship to set up the scheme.

That scheme, prosecutors say, saw millions in taxpayer dollars diverted from feeding needy seniors during the pandemic.

Do currently is serving five years in prison after pleading guilty to a federal charge for taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from COVID relief funds. But Peter Pham — the founder and president of the nonprofit at the heart of the scandal, Viet America Society, which was used to funnel the relief money — alleged in court documents that those payments to Do weren't bribes. Instead, he claims they actually were loans from Viet America Society that Do never p

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