A FEDERAL agency chased a Gladstone man for nearly two years to fill out a form a magistrate said would take just five minutes.
Former business owner Michael Rodney Stark pleaded guilty in Gladstone Magistrates Court last week to one count of fail to make out and file statement of affairs and furnish a copy to trustee of estate.
A representative of the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP) told the court Stark was charged under the Bankruptcy Act 1966 after he failed to file a statement of affairs.
The representative said Stark owed over $100,000 and was declared bankrupt in June 2017.
The court was told on June 8, 2017 the trustee wrote to Stark and notified him of the bankruptcy declaration.
The letter a…
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