Melissa, we had everything taken from us. As the husband of alleged fraudster Melissa Caddick walks police through his wifes Dover Heights mansion, bought with stolen money, he says he is stumped by her sudden disappearance. Caddick bought them the top-level unit. Acrimonious words have been exchanged over the guardianship of the teenage son of missing fraudster Melissa Caddick, Federal Court documents reveal. Although the NSW Coroner is yet to make a ruling on her fate, police believe that within hours of the raid, Caddick threw herself off the cliffs only 150 metres from her home. The matter will return to court on May 4. Ms Caddick was married to her first husband for 12 years until 2012. On this same trip, Caddick met a woman from Woollahra in Sydney who expressed interest in investing. But Detective Inspector Gretchen Atkins told 60 Minutes that Mr Koletti was 'doing what he can to assist us when we ask for help. She could have a fat wad of cash stashed under the bed for all I know. Shown the cheques, a look of Im done crossed the then 27-year-olds face. Four police officers working on the case have now testified that no evidence points to Koletti having injured or killed his wife. The missing alleged mastermind of the Ponzi scheme stole up to $30m, mostly from friends and family, Jason Downing SC, counsel assisting the coroner, told the inquest. He drove a second-hand Hyundai and rented a small apartment in Alexandria. After the divorce from Caddick, she tied the knot with her boyfriend, Anthony Koletti. Tony Caddick, Caddick's first husband, was a builder's laborer from England. Caddick explained that her brother Adam was helping them out financially. Joanna and her daughter were shocked when they later discovered the Dolce & Gabbana dress shed worn had cost $2500. They married in a ceremony at the Garrison Church in Millers Point, Sydney, on 20 April 2000. Clients were sent a seven-page Maliver Financial Services Guide in which Caddick promised to maximise client outcomes while working within the law. In April, despite her actual net worth being only $600,000, she passed off her investors money as her own and was able to obtain a $4 million loan from the National Australia Bank to help purchase the house of her dreams. On a skiing trip with her son and her second husband, Anthony Koletti. It really does hurt, says Joanna. Two months later, their son was born. After confronting his wife with the evidence of her infidelity, there was a row and Tony went to stay with his family for a few days. It was just happy to see the back of Melissa Caddick. She had chosen a different lifestyle and it was either that or nothing.. According to the advertising brochure, the Dover Heights property was a breathtaking contemporary residence that enjoyed expansive harbour views and a heated swimming pool. She was still living at home in Lugarno when she began dating a man shed met at Friday night drinks in a pub in the city. 'Where are they going to go? If Im going to end it, its going to be here, her friend recalled Caddick telling her. Suspected runaway conwoman Melissa Caddick has left those she loved the most, her immediate family, in a terrible predicament. Melissa Caddick, a 49-year-old mother, mysteriously disappeared from her $ 6.2 million mansion in Dover Heights in the eastern suburbs of Sydney on November 12 and has not been seen since. Caddick initially knocked her back, telling her the books were full. The forever friend, the former boss, the ex-husband: the early victims of fraudster Melissa Caddick. Were working to restore it. Reputation management expert reveals why it doesn't just happen to How did Russia lose HALF of its 45,000 elite paratroopers in just seven months? Due to strict compliance rules and concern that professional indemnity insurance would be voided if bad advice was given about shares or property plays, financial advisers could only recommend managed investment funds to clients. Sign up to Guardian Australia's Morning Mail, Our Australian morning briefing email breaks down the key national and international stories of the day and why they matter. Last modified on Fri 16 Sep 2022 20.56 EDT As the husband of alleged fraudster Melissa Caddick walks police through his wife's Dover Heights mansion, bought with stolen money, he says he is. Tony later showed another friend dozens of WhatsApp messages between Koletti and his wife. Unaware that this was happening, the friend continued a working arrangement with Caddick in which Caddick referred clients to her friend for insurance broking services. Money and various things were going missing from the family home, recalls Joanna. Everything shes done has always been legit, he tells them. A group of 13 investors has urged receivers to immediately sell Caddick's mortgaged properties: the $6.2million property where she, husband Anthony Koletti and her son lived; and the $2.55million Edgecliff parents her elderly parents and older brother call home. In reality, the only money she received in the separation from Wise was a return of her original $750,000 investment consequent to signing a five-year non-compete agreement. This was caught on camera as she detailed to officers rows of designer earrings, bracelets, cufflinks and two bejewelled necklaces of sapphires and diamonds worth up to $100,000. Melissa Caddicks husband, Anthony Koletti, in bodycam footage taken by NSW police at the couples Dover Heights home. In his December 2020 affidavit filed in court, he stated: I currently do not earn an income., Caddick was constantly on the hunt for fresh prey. Caddick's parents Barbara and Ted Grimley (above) were respected members of the Georges River community in southern Sydney. The family went to Aspen, where their three-bedroom apartment at North of Nell rented, not owned as Caddick had told people looked straight onto the mountain. Luxury designer wear-addicted Melissa Caddick (above with husband Anthony Koletti) came from a humble family in Sydney's southern suburbs. In 2016, one of the Perth surgeons was going through a bitter divorce and asked Caddick about making alternative arrangements for the trustee of his self-managed super fund. Between 2012 and 2020, Caddick had convinced more than 60 people to entrust a combined $30 million of their savings to her sham wealth management business, Maliver, none of which she was actually investing on their behalf. Furious motorist is fined 650 after council worker paints disabled bay around his parked car. Caddicks $6.2million Dover Heights home.Credit:Kate Geraghty. So I cancelled my industry super and I gave her everything, Joanna says of her initial investment on October 10, 2012. Instead, she was breaking the law by operating a financial services business without a licence. Of the $30 million, only about $7 million was returned to clients, leaving as much as $23 million unaccounted for. The receivers are concerned Mr Koletti is purporting to act on behalf of his stepson, court documents show. Tony, who had studied political science in England, completed his law degree and was admitted as a solicitor at his wife's insistence. In April 2006, Tony was admitted as a solicitor. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. Although their sons had been born only a couple of days apart, Caddicks son was now a year ahead. When the day of reckoning came for Caddick, Parmegiani speculates that she knew she was facing a lengthy period in jail. EXCLUSIVE - Revealed: Carol Kirkwood's secret toyboy fianc - 13 years her junior - is a divorced police 'Digital antidepressants' to be rolled out on the NHS as health bosses give eight apps and web-based therapy BBC journalists vote 'overwhelmingly' to stage series of strikes in move that could sabotage corporation's 'This is the most ridiculous thing I've seen!' CBD sufferers often have other obsessive-compulsive disorders such as skin picking or hair pulling. 'I think he's struggled to be what you would expect to be proactive,' the police officer added. After Caddick had been there about six months, someone from the firms interstate head office queried discrepancies showing up between invoices and payments. She ripped off friends shed had from childhood, along with their families, her personal trainer, her two employees and a group of Perth surgeons, one of whom was a university friend of her brother. A crime scene was established 19 days after Caddick was reported missing. On New Years Eve 2013, Caddicks family and friends were invited to her surprise wedding to Koletti, then 31, whom shed met at Joh Baileys hair salon in Westfield, Bondi Junction. Wed be at dinner and Melissa would say, Thats a beautiful butter knife, and steal it.. One victim, Faye Reid, recalls that whenever she and her wife Cheryl met Caddick at her home to go over their finances, Caddick repeatedly licked her lips. She later convinced Joanna to liquidate her share portfolio and hand the proceeds to Caddick to invest for her, too. What Anthony Koletti knew about his wifes disappearance has been the focus of intense scrutiny in the first week of hearings into her suspected death. [13] In April 2022, Caddick's parents said in a statement filed in the Federal Court that Melissa dishonestly and fraudulently took their money. Mr. Recently tendered Federal Court documents show Anthony Koletti, 39, Melissa Caddick's second husband, is claiming he is the guardian of Ms Caddick's teenage son. Unfortunately, the pause button remained firmly depressed on his aspiring musical ambitions. Because her company hadnt been established for long, her brother had to help her get finance and was listed as owning 1 per cent of the house. Were working to restore it. Another friend, who knocked back Caddicks repeated offers to invest with her, was told a different falsehood: that shed received a massive payout from Wise Financial following a successful sexual harassment suit. Her partial remains washed up in a running shoe in February 2021. She fell for him while he was doing her hair close to a decade ago. The year 2014 was a good one for Melissa Caddick. In the 12 months since the initial, unheeded tip-off, Caddick had pocketed $7.8 million. Look what she did to the people she professed to love.'. That's when Australian Securities and Investments Commission raided her $6.1 million pad looking for key evidence. Melissa Caddick was never seen alive again. Melissa Caddick's husband has hit out, making extraordinary claims about his wife's disappearance and denying he murdered her. [19] In December 2022, clothing, art, luxury goods and jewellery belonging to Caddick were sold at auction for $860,000.[20]. I dont believe he has the capacity to know what a financial scheme is. January 2020 was much like any other for Caddick. Most of her victims were her family and friends, many of whom lost their life savings. Years later, she was surprised to run into Caddick at a private boys school in Sydneys east. Once back in Sydney, however, a spot was found. It was five stars all the way and a pattern that was to be repeated year in, year out. Along with acquiring a dress sense for the life she wanted rather than the life she had, Caddick also seems to have taken the colleges Latin motto to heart: Aut Optimum Aut Nihil Either the Best or Nothing. Hed got what he wanted and didnt need her any more. Caddick was distraught and is believed to have suffered some kind of a breakdown. Receivers will report back to the Federal Court on Caddick's assets on Monday. Caddick left behind all of her possessions, including her mobile phone. 85.214.140.250 In the footage Koletti leads the officer down into the cellar, proclaiming she hasnt even taken any grog, and after unlocking another door in the four-story house remarks you cant be too careful these days. When a friend organised a lunch to introduce her to another owner in the building, Caddick begged off at the last minute, saying shed been hit by a snowboarder. [Name redacted] resides with me full time. Anthony Koletti, the husband of missing fraudster Melissa Caddick, has told a Sydney court that he objects to the sale of the family home his wife bought for $6.2 million, secured by a deposit . On April 20, 2000, they married at the Garrison Church in Millers Point, Sydney. And how are they dealing with a situation that none of them asked for? Willing also described the case as one of the most high profile missing person cases he had seen in thirty years. A couple of years later, in 1998, she left the boutique investment house mentioned earlier after being caught forging her bosss signature on cheques. It wasnt long after Caddick arrived back from England that she set her sights on her first victim. Under the heading YOUR ADVIERS [sic] EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS, Caddick also lied about her achievements, including that she had a masters of business and was a certified member of the Financial Planning Association of Australia. Rather than being the numerical whizz she would later claim to be, she undertook the lowest level of maths for her Higher School Certificate. Her pitch to Joanna was that since Caddick was already making money buying and selling shares, it was no trouble to do it for both of them. Kyneur was asked why he did not press Koletti on this inconsistency on 16 November when the interview is conducted. But while shed learnt a valuable lesson, it wasnt the one her friends and family imagined. 'We love you,', Barbara and Edward Grimley, Melissa's parents. He told the Federal Court that hed been employed part-time as a hairdresser until the COVID lockdown in late March, 2020. Looking back, she was ripping off everyone at my party. Breeding prawns in his home aquarium also amounted to naught. Melissa Caddick with her second husband Anthony Koletti. Blood was always thicker than water for the missing Dover Heights woman, who counted her husband, brother and parents as her closest confidants. 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