{"id":8800,"date":"2025-10-17T00:40:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T00:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/8800\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T00:40:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T00:40:08","slug":"corruption-probe-to-be-released-on-convicted-supervisors-work-at-ocs-public-health-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/8800\/","title":{"rendered":"Corruption Probe to be Released on Convicted Supervisor\u2019s Work at OC\u2019s Public Health Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Orange County residents could soon get a close look at the county\u2019s health plan for the poor after CalOptima\u2019s board members unanimously voted to release a corruption investigation into the agency\u2019s inner workings.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The probe came after former Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do pleaded guilty to accepting bribes in exchange for rerouting over $10 million in pandemic contracts at the county government \u2013 getting sentenced to five years in prison.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

[Read: Former OC Supervisor Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison in Bribery Scheme<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Now, county residents will find out on Oct. 30 whether or not Do committed any wrongdoing while he was on CalOptima\u2019s board, a position he held for years amid questions on whether he was improperly trying to take over the agency.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"Supervisor Andrew Do during a groundbreaking ceremony on Dec. 8, 2021. Credit: JULIE LEOPO, Voice of OC<\/p>\n

Do hasn\u2019t served on CalOptima\u2019s board since 2023, when he resigned after he was fined $12,000 for engaging in pay to play politics in an attempt to steer contracts to his campaign donors and a state audit called out the agency\u2019s growing $1.2 billion stockpile of cash.\u00a0<\/p>\n

[Read: State Auditor Found $1.2 Billion Laying Around at OC\u2019s Health Plan For the Poor<\/a>]\u00a0<\/p>\n

That stockpile has since increased to $1.8 billion<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Before his departure, Do served as chair of the board and played a major role in policy, helping hire CEO Michael Hunn on an $840,000 salary<\/a> that faced public questioning from auditors and hiring his former deputy chief of staff Veronica Carpenter for a new role at the agency<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"Credit: JULIE LEOPO, Voice of OC<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unclear what records or documents investigators from the law firm Bird & Marella reviewed in connection with Do or the agency\u2019s working as a whole.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But CalOptima spokesperson Janis Rizzuto confirmed the report would be released on Oct. 30 unless the agency received a judicial order ordering them to keep it confidential.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As part of the release, board members also voted to waive any legal privilege surrounding the report\u2019s creation, meaning residents will eventually get to see reports of their conversations behind closed doors about the investigation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While county leaders haven\u2019t yet started their own outside investigation into Do, they did just select an auditor who will review over $4 billion worth of contracts<\/a> the board approved while Do was there.<\/p>\n

Supervisor Janet Nguyen, who took over Do\u2019s seat in the 2024 election and serves as an alternate board member for CalOptima, said she is now \u201canxiously awaiting\u201d the report\u2019s public release in a Thursday evening statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile I appreciate the board for supporting the release of the audit report on Andrew Do\u2019s scheme at CalOptima, it is unfortunate that it wasn\u2019t immediately released today,\u201d Nguyen wrote. \u201cI will seek to correct any additional wrongdoing that has not been brought to light and seek for the release to be given to the DA, DOJ and or AG if there are any possible criminal acts.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Noah Biesiada is a Voice of OC reporter. Contact him at nbiesiada@voiceofoc.org. <\/p>\n

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