A 72-year-old Indigenous leader has been handed a six-year prison sentence for stealing nearly $1 million from four Aboriginal organisations, with some of the funds used to fight allegations of gang rape and assault.
On Nov. 29, the Victorian County Court heard that Geoff Clark, former chairman of the disbanded Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) and a past representative at the United Nations, embezzled $922,214 from groups including the Framlingham Aboriginal Trust from 2001 to 2015.
