An Orange County businessperson, who is among four people accused in a civil lawsuit filed by county officials accusing them of plundering public funds, played a role in the million-dollar home purchase last year by O.C. Supervisor Andrew Do’s then 22-year-old daughter, according to escrow and land deed records reviewed by LAist.
Federal agents searched Rhiannon Do’s home in unincorporated Tustin last month — as well as the businessperson’s home and a nearby house owned by Supervisor Do and his wife, O.C. Superior Court Judge Cheri Pham.
Those searches came a few days after the county filed a lawsuit alleging the businessperson, Thu Thao Thi Vu, conspired with the supervisor’s daughter Rhiannon Do and others to embezzle millions of taxpayer dollars meant to feed needy seniors.
Those public funds were directed by Supervisor Do to Viet America Society (VAS), a nonprofit that numerous public records show his daughter Rhiannon Do helped lead. LAist has uncovered more than $13 million directed by Supervisor Do to VAS.