Orange County is suing the Viet American Society and its officers alleging the group misused millions of dollars of federal funding for personal use.
Orange County is suing a nonprofit group and its officers alleging the group misused millions of dollars of federal funding for personal use.
The lawsuit alleged the Viet American Society used more than $10 million to buy several homes and make cash withdrawals.The money was meant to help seniors during the pandemic, according to a lawsuit filed in Orange County Superior Court Thursday. One of the defendants named in the lawsuit is Rhiannon Do, who is the daughter of Orange County supervisor Andrew Do.The 39-page complaint detailed what county investigators uncovered about how VAS was awarded millions of dollars in pandemic relief funds, which were allocated to provide meals for seniors and the disabled in the Vietnamese community.
The lawsuit comes after two supervisors, including Katrina Foley, asked for an audit of the public funding of the group. “The funds were being used for personal expenses including purchasing of real property instead of being used to serve the needs of the Vietnamese community,” said Foley who represents the Fifth District. “We’ve been overboard trying to help them do the right thing and prove that the funds were used for the intended purpose which was to help people.
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