At an Aug. 11 restitution hearing, the judge ordered<\/a> Do to pay the first installment of $250,000 within 30 days.<\/p>\n The next day, Do transferred all of his ownership of his family home \u2014 estimated by Zillow to be worth $2.2 million \u2014 over to his wife, OC Superior Court Judge Cheri Pham, according to a real estate record.<\/p>\n Keep up with LAist.<\/p>\n If you’re enjoying this article, you’ll love our daily newsletter, The LA Report. Each weekday, catch up on the 5 most pressing stories to start your morning in 3 minutes or less. <\/p>\n That Sept. 10 due date for the first restitution payment has long since passed, but federal and county officials say Do has yet to pay it.<\/p>\n \u201cHe did not make that payment,\u201d said Ciaran McEvoy, a spokesperson for the federal prosecutors\u2019 office that oversaw the case, when asked by LAist about it on Monday. McEvoy said the prosecutors\u2019 office understands \u201cthere was no money left in assets\u201d that could be seized.<\/p>\n Leon Page, Orange County\u2019s top lawyer, said county officials are \u201cnot aware of any such payment from Andrew Do.\u201d<\/p>\n Do\u2019s attorney, Paul Meyer, declined to comment, saying it would be \u201cinappropriate\u201d to do so.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s hard to believe that so much time has gone by without the restitution being paid,\u201d said Laurie Levenson, a Loyola Law School professor who served decades ago as a senior federal prosecutor<\/a> at the office that later prosecuted Do.<\/p>\n \u201cIt certainly raises questions \u2014 if not eyebrows \u2014 as to what happened here. Because ordinarily the U.S. Attorney’s Office would take victim restitution orders quite seriously.\u201d<\/p>\n The U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office can file a court motion if they discover a significant change in the defendant\u2019s economic circumstances that affect their to pay restitution, according to a federal Justice Department guide<\/a>. The prosecutors\u2019 office also \u201cis required to certify to the Court that victims who are owed restitution are notified about such material changes,\u201d the guide states.<\/p>\n The court\u2019s official online records show no filings regarding any changes in Do\u2019s financial circumstances, or his apparent failure to pay the court-ordered restitution that was due six months ago.<\/p>\n U.S. Attorney officials said in a statement that resolving cases like this can take years.<\/p>\n The statement said that discussion of Do\u2019s unpaid restitution is \u201cmoot,\u201d because under Justice Department policy his restitution will be satisfied by the $3.7 million the department is giving the county from forfeited assets that were owned by other people and organizations<\/a> involved in the scheme.<\/p>\n Do turned himself into federal prison on Aug. 15, three days after transferring ownership of his family home to his wife. Meanwhile, he continues to collect about $7,300 per month from his county pension, according to the pension system. In addition, this January he received a $12,771 refund from the pension system of all the contributions he made as a supervisor, from when his crime began in June 2020 until he resigned in October 2024.<\/p>\n What happened?<\/p>\n Federal authorities say their understanding is no money was available for them to seize.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen a defendant fails to pay a restitution order, our office\u2019s financial litigation unit gets involved and completes a thorough financial investigation to find \u2026 any assets that could satisfy the outstanding restitution balance,\u201d McEvoy wrote in an emailed response to LAist.<\/p>\n \u201cWe cannot comment on what that investigation found, but our understanding is there was no money left in assets that the government could levy to satisfy that order.\u201d<\/p>\n McEvoy declined to answer follow-up questions.<\/p>\n In response to LAist\u2019s questions, county officials say they\u2019re looking into their options if Do refuses to pay restitution as required.<\/p>\n \u201cWe do not believe that he has complied with this order, but we\u2019re verifying that is the case at this time,\u201d said the spokesperson, Molly Nichelson.<\/p>\n Property ownership transferred just after restitution order<\/p>\n Do signed a deed on Aug. 12 transferring to his wife all of his ownership in the North Tustin family home they purchased in 2002, according to an official copy of the document LAist obtained from the county clerk-recorder.<\/p>\n Do’s attorney declined to comment on the transfer.<\/p>\n An FBI officer at Andrew Do’s house in North Tustin. <\/p>\n (<\/p>\n Adolfo Guzman-Lopez<\/p>\n \/<\/p>\n LAist<\/p>\n )<\/p>\n LAist obtained permit records showing<\/a> substantial renovation work on the house was managed in 2021 by the leader of the same nonprofit from whom Do admitted to receiving kickbacks. The work included a bathroom addition and remodel of the master bathroom and kitchen.<\/p>\n Do also was investigated multiple times by the O.C. District Attorney\u2019s Office, going back to 2015<\/a>, over allegations he was living at the home illegally outside of the district he was representing as supervisor. No criminal charges were filed.<\/p>\n Pham was the court\u2019s second highest-ranking judge<\/a> when her husband\u2019s corruption scheme came to light. Their two adult daughters received bribe money for their father as part of the scheme, according to Do\u2019s plea deal.<\/p>\n The corruption scheme<\/p>\n After an LAist investigation prompted<\/a> a criminal investigation, Do admitted to taking bribes as part of a scheme to divert nearly $8 million from feeding needy seniors during the coronavirus pandemic. He is now serving a five-year sentence in federal prison.<\/p>\n The county alleges its losses from the scheme were much higher \u2014 more than $13 million \u2014 and is trying to recover it through a lawsuit that is expected to take a long time to work its way through the court.<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773462975_1_.jpeg\")
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