Source: SFGate
“A high-ranking elected official in Orange County, California, has agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery as part of a scheme involving a charity and the misuse of COVID-19 relief funds, prosecutors said Tuesday. Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do took hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes as he helped ensure that money went to an organization that claimed to be feeding elderly and disabled people, federal authorities said. The group instead used much of the funds to buy real estate, officials said. Do, a Republican, resigned his position on the board for the county of 3 million people, effective immediately. ‘Mr. Do unequivocally broke the trust of the public,’ Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer said during a news conference with federal prosecutors.” (10/22/24)