A Tustin mid-century home caught up in former Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do’s corruption scandal sold last month for $1.13 million.
That’s down 13% from the original ask of nearly $1.3 million in July.
Records show the buyer is a husband and wife who sold their 1,678-square-foot townhome in Mission Viejo for slightly more square footage and no HOA. Their new single-family home spans 1,736 square feet and features three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
Vaulted wood beam ceilings and hardwood floors add character of this home, completed in 1956 and updated.
Highlights include a large game room with its own air-conditioning unit, a galley-style kitchen with quartz countertops and a breakfast nook, and a separate sunnken dining room.
A floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace with raised hearth and a wood mantle anchors the family room.
There is a dedicated laundry room.
The house with its new dove gray exterior sits at the end of a cul-de-sac on a large lot with room for a future pool. A two-car garage and a paved driveway with room for up to six cars add to the property’s offerings.
Marc Lebanoff of the Lebanoff Development Group held the listing, while Lane Stone of Seven Gables Real Estate represented the buyers.
Andrew Do is serving five years in federal prison for accepting $868,000 in bribes in a scheme that funneled $10.2 million in COVID-relief funds — meant to feed needy seniors — to Viet America Society, a nonprofit with ties to his daughter, Rhiannon. As previously reported by the Orange County Register, Rhiannon Do bought the Tustin home using some of the bribery money.
She paid $1.035 million for the property in July 2023, records viewed at PropertyShark.com show.
The federal government seized the house as one of several financial assets Andrew Do had a stake in and sold it Oct. 31.
The Department of Justice is processing a request to send the proceeds from the sale to the county, minus net proceeds and the payment of the lien. A spokesperson for the DOJ expects it will take about 90 days to process and approve the request.
In August, a federal judge ordered Do to pay the county $878,000 in restitution.