We are no longer accepting comments on this article. According to the advertising brochure, the Dover Heights property was a breathtaking contemporary residence that enjoyed expansive harbour views and a heated swimming pool. It was slow and constant. His wife, 82, also has serious health issues. Shed stolen a petty amount, less than $2000. Mr Hayter pointed out that many of those who thought Ms Caddick had successfully invested their funds in the share market had lost their lifes savings and are also having their own mental health issues and going through trauma as a result of what has occurred. The circle of trust: Suspected runaway conwoman Melissa Caddick (centre) with her husband, Anthony Koletti (right) and her brother, Adam Grimley (left), on holiday in Fiji, Ms Caddick, wearing a $250,000 Stefano Canturi necklace, with her husband Mr Koletti on her birthday this year. [9] In November 2021, the court found that Caddick, through her company Maliver, fraudulently appropriated tens of millions of investor's money, and operated without the required financial services licence between October 2012 and November 2020. 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. On right, Ms Caddick is seen during a helicopter ride, Melissa Caddick's husband of seven years, Anthony Koletti. [19] In December 2022, clothing, art, luxury goods and jewellery belonging to Caddick were sold at auction for $860,000.[20]. 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. Caddick presented her friend with a bottle of expensive champagne and a Christian Dior scented bathroom deodoriser. 'And I think they're realising that they're as much victims to that trust as well.'. Before him stood his well-groomed office administrator, Melissa Caddick (then known by her maiden name of Grimley), who had just been confronted with the evidence of her crimes: four cheques on which shed forged his signature. Her boss recalls his assistant as being organised, efficient and reliable. I dont believe he has the capacity to know what a financial scheme is. Police were called to Mollymook at. Upon returning to Australia, she falsely claimed to family and friends that Tony had been a controlling and abusive spouse. Speaking to Ben Fordham about 2GB, NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller said detectives believed she was alive in the case and examined . Those funds should be returned to the defrauded investors.. The friend said no but Caddick had gone ahead and used it anyway. Caddick left behind all of her possessions, including her mobile phone. We are determined she wont ever take that.. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. The ostentatious trappings of wealth cloaked her in a chic veneer of success. Not long after, Melissa returned home. Kyneur was asked why he did not press Koletti on this inconsistency on 16 November when the interview is conducted. Anthony Koletti and Melissa Caddick and her son on the ski slopes.Credit:Facebook. (NSW Police) Kyneur said he was mindful that his wife had recently vanished. [27] By December 2022 she was declared dead. She always had that desire to be better than she was even from primary school. Melissa Caddick's husband has hit out, making extraordinary claims about his wife's disappearance and denying he murdered her. Shed call later to say they were in luck a place had become available. Melissa Caddick was born Melissa Louise Grimley on 21 April 1971, and grew up in Lugarno, a southern suburb of Sydney. She didnt offer to repay it and rather than going to the trouble of calling the police, the firm didnt ask her to. He was living in Singapore, where he worked as a governance consultant. Melissa vanished on November 12, 2020, while she was being investigated by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) for allegedly running a Ponzi scheme. [2], Caddick's first husband, Tony Caddick, was a builder's labourer originally from England. (ABC News) Mr Hayter, representing receivers Bruce Gleeson and Daniel Soire, replied saying his clients understood that this is an extremely difficult time and no doubt very stressful given the Grimleys age and health, but the fact remained their $1 million contribution was used by Ms Caddick to fund her lavish lifestyle. Wed be at dinner and Melissa would say, Thats a beautiful butter knife, and steal it.. Her husband, Anthony Koletti, has told the inquest he did not help her disappear and has denied he had any knowledge of her financial dealings. Two months later, their son was born. I got there, he didnt have a job, he completely lied to me, Caddick said. January 2020 was much like any other for Caddick. In the 12 months since the initial, unheeded tip-off, Caddick had pocketed $7.8 million. Caddick made a hasty departure, packing her personal belongings into her designer handbag. Caddick didnt stop at the super. Indeed, Caddicks own life insurance was done through this person. Melissa Caddick the sole director of wealth management business Maliver has been barred from removing assets held in Australia and from leaving the country as ASIC investigates concerns that she was providing financial services without an AFSL [Australian Financial Services Licence], had used another companys AFSL without authorisation, and had misappropriated investor funds, the magazine wrote in December 2020. A detective has told an inquest Melissa Caddick's husband Anthony Koletti gave conflicting accounts of her disappearance. They werent real tears, in my opinion Im very confident they werent real tears, he said in evidence. Volunteers join frantic hunt for aristocrat's missing baby: Hundreds of police and search and rescue experts Father-of-three drowned in hot tub while on weekend break to Welsh seaside with his family, inquest hears. Super car enthusiast, DJ, Joh Bailey hairdresser, 'prawn farmer', step-dad, dog lover and deserted spouse. Over the next 13 hours, she watched as an endless parade of her precious clothes, handbags, shoes and jewellery was taken away. Melissa Caddick was initially married to her former husband Tony Caddick, but later got divorced in 2013. Im thinking to myself, Fing hell, this just doesnt add upShe was a salaried financial planner and her husband was basically a backpacking Pom, the friend says. Their son, born in 2006, was aged 14 at the time of Caddick's disappearance in 2020. No date for a coronial inquest has been set. Husband of Melissa Caddick, Anthony Koletti, arrives for the inquest into her death at the NSW coroners court. Shed left in her running gear, her husband told the police, but taken nothing with her. [10] In February 2022, Koletti objected to the sale of the house,[11] and the Federal Court gave Caddick's family six weeks to stake their claims over Caddick's house and a penthouse apartment in Edgecliff where Caddick's parents resided. 'I kind of just sit there and go, we got done out of money. One of Caddicks feet was found inside a shoe on Bournda Beach on the NSW South Coast in February. Tony Caddick, Caddick's first husband, was a builder's laborer from England. 'We love you,', Barbara and Edward Grimley, Melissa's parents. She would talk a little bit and then lick her lips, talk a little bit and then lick her lipsIm going, Oh god, whats wrong with this woman?. Shes resourceful, he tells Kyneur. 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. Mr Koletti has been a DJ producing a music video in 2015 and a stay-at-home husband for the past year. The application was granted, and the following day the Australian Federal Police raided Caddicks home in Wallangra Road, Dover Heights. Tony, who had studied political science in England, completed his law degree and was admitted as a solicitor at his wife's insistence. By mid-morning, Caddick had changed tack. Tony, who had studied political science in England . Concerned that Caddick might get wind that they were on to her, they decided to make a pre-emptive strike. While it has also been confirmed the 49-year-old could freely roam her home, eat and leave at any stage, Caddicks mother says her daughter wasnt allowed to eat and was seriously distressed throughout. Curiously, the woman says she never once talked about her husband. One thing that stunned Caddicks circle was her petty larceny. Your IP: Melissa Caddick had found her niche. The inquest was told Ms Caddick took a nap during the raid on her home. Mr Koletti, who is claiming entitlement to the family home, has been asked to provide any documentation proving that he contributed financially to the purchase of the Wallangra Road home which his wife purchased for $6.2 million in 2014. She would get very, very cranky if you said, Heres Melissa, shes a secretary, Joanna recalls, noting that her friend tended to give herself a superior title. When Koletti took 30 hours to report to police that his wife was missing, Caddicks cousin offered that, due to the control she exerted in the relationship, Koletti would have been afraid of doing the wrong thing. Four police officers working on the case have now testified that no evidence points to Koletti having injured or killed his wife. The case of Melissa Caddick and her missing millions has transfixed not just the eastern Sydney suburbs that was her milieu but the wider Australian population, ever since it emerged in November 2020 that the 49-year-old had been running a Ponzi scheme. The Morning Edition newsletter is our guide to the days most important and interesting stories, analysis and insights. They're 80 plus years old. The part-time hairdresser and DJ told police he was too busy working from home to make a statement in person but Sgt Trent Riley insisted on visiting the house in Sydneys eastern suburbs and switched on his bodycam, recorded on 13 November. Melissa Caddick's deceit began long ago 60 Minutes Australia/YouTube [7], In later years, Caddick's extravagant spending drew suspicion among her acquaintances. 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. She was last heard by her son, who detected a door shutting at around 5:30 am and presumed it was Caddick going for her daily exercise.