Clark could be jailed after being found guilty of stealing more than $1 million from Indigenous community organisations to pay off ballooning personal debt.
Disgraced Aboriginal leader Geoff Clark is facing jail time for stealing more than $1 million from Indigenous community organisations to pay off personal legal fees and living expenses over more than a decade.
The pair sat next to each other in the dock of the court on Wednesday as details of their offending were laid out. Lewis said Clark also undervalued Framlingham Aboriginal Trust shares by $47,000 that he purchased from others, which give owners voting rights, and gave false testimony over the number of properties he owned.He was found guilty of stealing more than $400,000 from Kirrae Whurrong Aboriginal Corporation, Maar Land Council and Framlingham Aboriginal Trust, and fraudulently dealing with more than $922,000 in community funds in western Victoria.
Following a five-year investigation codenamed Operation Omega, headed by fraud and extortion detective Damon Saunders, police alleged Geoff Clark misappropriated money from the Framlingham Aboriginal Trust and other Indigenous community groups he was connected with between 2000 and 2010.in August 2021 on hundreds of charges alleging he defrauded $2 million in funds and assets from community bodies that managed money for Indigenous communities.
“The racism faced as a young man strengthened his sense of identity and pride as an Aboriginal man,” Kenny said.
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