Former ATSIC boss Geoff Clark quizzed on assets at bankruptcy hearing Geoff Clark leaves the Federal Court today. Picture: Stephen Harman Source: News Limited HE was once the most powerful Aboriginal leader in the country and is now a bankrupt being chased over an outstanding compensation debt a jury imposed in a rape case which helped end his political-activist career. But Geoff Clark still insists he is a victim of an institutional vendetta and false allegations. "I've had more inquiries than Roswell and more probes than ET," Mr Clark told the Herald Sun outside the Federal Court today after facing his first examination into a personal bankruptcy hearing. I've been 13 years in court, I think this country is morally bankrupt. Earlier, inside court, Mr Clark was quizzed regarding a number of properties which list his name on the title as part of the bankruptcy examination to determine his financial status. The action was sparked after Mr Clark was ordered in 2007 to pay Carol Anne Stingel $20,000 compensation and legal fees - now amounting to more than $300,000 - after a civil court jury found he led two pack rapes against the woman in 1971. Mr Clark, who was not criminally prosecuted in the case, filed for bankruptcy two years later and yesterday said he was penniless while up to $60,000 was being spent on a court case chasing allegations he may have hidden assets. Mr Clark still insists he is a victim of an institutional vendetta. Picture: Stephen Harman The court heard police had on April 4 seized some of Mr Clark's personal and financial records from the Framlingham community settlement - which the former ATSIC leader later said related to unspecified allegations of misappropriation but had nothing to do with him. "They are confused allegations ... it's whether or not there were proper books kept," he said. Mr Clark told Federal Court Registrar David Pringle several residential and rural lease properties listing him on the title were actually owned by the Aboriginal community. He said they were placed in his name, generally in the 1980s when they were purchased, because the Framlingham and other indigenous communities had trouble getting finance due to racist attitudes. They are in my name but they are not owned by me, they are owned by the community. Mr Clark denied any community money had gone to private school tuition fees for his children, but said some other children were assisted in going to private schools in the Bendigo area. Outside court, Mr Clark said he paid for one of his sons - who went on to be come a lawyer- to attend a private school, but used his own money. Mr Clark told the court he was seeking to secure pro bono legal representation when he is expected to continue to undergo his bankruptcy examination later this month. Records relating to the Framlingham Aboriginal Trust and Kirrae Whurrong entity are expected to form part of the case.