Former California County Supervisor Gets 5 Years in Prison for Bribery, Misusing COVID Funds

Andrew Hoang Do, 62, got the maximum term after pleading guilty to accepting payoffs for directing relief money to a nonprofit tied to his daughter.

Then Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do speaks at an event in Costa Mesa, Calif., on March 31, 2021. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

A former Southern California county supervisor was sentenced June 9 to five years in federal prison for accepting $550,000 in bribes and steering more than $10 million in COVID-19 relief funds to an organization affiliated with his daughter.

Andrew Hoang Do, 62, who was elected to the Orange County Board of Supervisors in 2015, resigned in October 2024 as part of an agreement to plead guilty to a federal charge of conspiracy to commit bribery.