Three ringleaders of a scheme involving the false sale and development of $12 million of Aboriginal-owned land across the Lower Hunter and found by ICAC to be dishonest and corrupt have been charged with fraud obtaining financial advantage by deception and falsifying documents.
It follows the Independent Commission Against Corruption's Operation Skyline, which investigated transactions involving Awabakal Local Aboriginal Land Council (ALALC) properties around Newcastle and Lake Macquarie between 2014 and 2016.
