Former Atsic chair Geoff Clark jailed for stealing almost $1m from Indigenous organisations
by Australian Associated Press from on (#6SJS8)
Seventy-two-year-old who stole $922,214 will be eligible for parole after three years and nine months
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An Indigenous leader who stole almost $1m from Aboriginal organisations has been jailed for more than six years.
Three separate juries convicted Geoff Clark, 72, on 25 charges of theft, obtaining financial advantage by deception, perjury and knowingly dealing with the proceeds of crime.
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