Geoff Clark, who was once the country's most senior Aboriginal leader, his wife and two of their sons have been charged with 1170 fraud-related charges totalling more than $2 million.
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Mr Clark, 66, of Framlingham, near Warrnambool, has now been charged with a total of 543 charges by Victoria Police major fraud and extortion squad detectives.
His wife Trudy Clark, 63, has been issued with 481 charges, Jeremy Clark, 45, of Abbotsford, 114 charges, and Aaron Clark, 37, of Bellfield, with 32 charges.
Most of the charges are the result of a five-year investigation, code named Operation Omega, and are alleged to have happened between 2000 and 2010 and involve between $2 million and $2.5 million.
Mr Clark said he had not seen the full extent of the charges after they were served on his lawyers on Monday.
"I would be interested to know," he said.
"It's hard to charge government but the public needs to know what is going on. Government spending has been ill advised and these charges are obviously defamatory. I've seriously considered a defamation case against former state Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Natalie Hutchins."
Mr Clark challenged the administration of aboriginal affairs in Victoria.
He said PricewaterhouseCoopers was currently running the Framlingham Aboriginal Trust.
"It would be interesting to see if they have found any evidence of maladministration or poor governance. They replaced a $2000 pump with a $50,000 pump. It's outrageous."
Mr Clark claimed the administration of aboriginal affairs was poor.
"I hope sanity prevails and things will be revealed throughout the court case. We are being done over in the blame game. These allegations aim to tarnish me and my family's reputations," he said.
"Everything I have done has been with passion and commitment and loyalty to my own principles and for my people.
"This is the biggest political assassination this district and this country has ever seen.
"We will stand toe to toe and fight for as long as necessary."
Mr Clark said he was not worried about the charges.
"They're ridiculous. Aboriginal affairs has been my life's work and life's passion. These charges aim to blacken me, so I can't represent aboriginal people," he said.
Calls to the Victoria Police major fraud squad were referred to media liaison on Tuesday.
A media liaison spokeswoman said: “Fraud and Extortion Squad detectives have issued a number of further charges to four people as part of an investigation into alleged historical criminal matters.
“A 66-year-old Warrnambool man, 63 year-old Warrnambool woman , 45 year-old Abbotsford man and a 37 year-old Bellfield man have all been charged with a range of fraud, theft and deception related charges.
“The further charges were issued yesterday as follows: A 66-year-old Warrnambool man received a further 514 charges (543 in total), a 63-year-old Warrnambool woman received a further 456 charges (481 in total), a 45-year-old Abbotsford man received a further 90 additional charges (114 total) and a 37-year-old Bellfield man received an additional 28 charges (32 total)
“All four will appear at Warrnambool Magistrates Court on 5 April.”
In September last year charges were laid against the Clarks in relation to legal fees of about $500,000 and an eel fishing licence worth more than $60,000.
The additional charges involve a range of alleged offences.
Operation Omega was initiated after complaints from within the Framlingham community, which led to an audit report, federal police involvement and then the Victoria Police major fraud and extortion squad investigation.
