An investigation commissioned by CalOptima, Orange County’s health plan for the poor, found serious violations of transparency laws in a lucrative but failed property deal that ultimately cost taxpayers $450,000. The investigation was prompted by the federal bribery investigation into former Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do, who also served on CalOptima’s board of directors. Do pleaded guilty and now is serving five years in federal prison.

An ad hoc committee of CalOptima’s board asked a firm “to investigate reports that former CalOptima Board Chair Andrew Do was to receive a kickback” from the property deal. The investigators ultimately found no evidence of criminal wrongdoing by Do or any other CalOptima executives.

However, they said their findings were limited since they lacked

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