Andrew is to get preferential treatment. Five years is a too light sentence. – Orange County Register

I fear the date of June 9.

It was at this point that the former supervisor Andrew Do will be sentenced to a little five years for having wreaked havoc on the finances of Orange County by directing more than $ 10 million to a charity affiliated to his daughter. He receives preferential treatment – The duration of the prison should be much more than that.

How to explain to my voters and all others that Lady Justice is supposed to be blind, but can it see when it implies elected officials? That elected officials have a higher fiduciary obligation than the rest of the public, but can get out with crimes? Do is also an old prosecutor.

If this conviction takes place as planned, Do will have won – proving that crime really pays by millions. He is sentenced to a light sentence and the county will only receive a small part of the restitution, if necessary.

I am not involved in prosecution decisions, but from the outside, it seems to be doing is to obtain a romantic agreement while his daughter Rhiannon is receives a card “released from prison”. It does not seem to be justice and establishes a dangerous precedent.

I call the attorney general Pam Bondi and the American prosecutor Bill Essayli to examine and reassess the negotiation of plea. The American lawyer’s office has already assigned a new federal team to work on this case. They must continue to dig and will probably find much more evidence than they used in their initial criminal advocacy last fall.

And we have not heard of the IRS, which could invoice the filing of a fraudulent income declaration. He was authorized to plead guilty to a single corruption plot to receive more than $ 700,000 while orchestrating a program developed to enrich his family and friends.

In addition to that, I found discretion of questionable discretionary funds which were not examined by the federal government. The county must always carry out a forensic audit of thousands of questionable contracts.

The stolen funds intended to nourish seniors in need during the covid. The money was used to help buy houses for her daughter and co-conspirators, while the elderly were hungry. I am now on the board of directors and I will spend all my efforts to discover any additional fraud caused by Andrew Do and its allies and return the funds to those who need it in my district.

We now have President Trump and a new Ministry of Justice. From what I see, they do not play – the criminals that stop seem to be one of their main missions and that there should be only one judicial system at a level in our country. Let’s start with the County of Orange and one of the worst cases of fraud by an official in history.

Do has a complex scam that completed Peter Pham with a frontal organization that received wearing funds. PHAM and its various non -profit organizations have contracted to produce senior meals, build a Vietnam War Memorial, manage community events and provide health services. None of these elements were delivered.

Other cases of federal corruption and financial fraud show the disparity of the plea agreement of Do:

• Former mayor of Lynwood Paul Richards, sentenced to almost 16 years for having sent millions of consultation contracts to a company he controlled
• Former deputy mayor of Los Angeles, Raymond She wah chansentenced to 12 years for accepting more than $ 750,000 in bribes
• Rami SaabSentenced to 10 years for having fraudulently obtained $ 9.6 million in leafy rescue funds
• Terrence L. Bookssentenced to 7.8 years for having fraudd more than $ 4.2 million in SBA loans
• Christopher John Badseysentenced to 7.25 years to defraud victims over nearly $ 3 million during the pandemic

The County of Orange also continues to do, Rhiannon Do, Pham and others to recover millions of dollars. The Viet America Society, a Pham charity, has not provided proof that they have respected their various county contracts.

The American government must do the right thing and end the two -level judicial system. It is a policy that President Trump and his senior officials from the Ministry of Justice said on several occasions and it is good.

Janet Nguyen sits on the Comté d’Orange supervisors.

Originally published: April 6, 2025 at 12:03 pm