O.C. supervisor’s daughter bought million-dollar home with tax funds, suit says

The daughter of an Orange County supervisor and a nonprofit are being sued by the county after they allegedly “brazenly plundered [tax dollars] for their own personal gain,” the suit claims.

The Viet America Society received as much as $13.5 million to help feed the elderly and those in need during the pandemic, but instead, the nonprofit’s executives “engaged in pervasive self-dealing, pocketing local and federal funds,” the suit says, as reported by the Los Angeles Times .

This lawsuit comes after a lengthy series of investigations by LAist, which reports that one of the VAS executives, Rhiannon Do, is the daughter of Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do, a connection that LAist reports remained undisclosed .

“[Rhiannon Do] had leading roles at VAS on and off during the time her father directed more than $13 million to the group, according to public records uncovered by LAist,” the outlet writes.

Rhiannon Do was also part of the alleged self-enrichment, the suit claims.

“It also accuses Rhiannon Do of benefiting from the alleged scheme and purchasing a million-dollar home in the process,” the Times reports.

Supervisor Do declined to comment to LAist, though the VAS’ attorney Mark Rosen called the lawsuit “a disgrace” said it’s politically motivated.

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