Her friend, who was also a victim of Caddicks investment scam, now sees her claims in a different light. Mr Koletti's own family claim they only met Caddick a handful of times, his father previously slamming him as 'delusional' about her alleged activities. He said he found his behaviour extremely strange and unusual. Caddick presented her friend with a bottle of expensive champagne and a Christian Dior scented bathroom deodoriser. Now that she was independently wealthy, she was offering her investment services to help people, she told Kraft Reid. Ms Caddick, 49, disappeared in November 2020, the day after the corporate regulator ASIC along with the federal police raided her Dover Heights home in connection with her Ponzi scheme in which friends and family lost more that $23 million. Melissa, we had everything taken from us. It really does hurt, says Joanna. After Caddick had been there about six months, someone from the firms interstate head office queried discrepancies showing up between invoices and payments. Years later, when their son would tell his dad about flying first class or in private jets with his mother, Tony and his friend would puzzle about where the money was coming from. Last November, he publicly called for the 'communities of Australia' to come together, find Melissa and bring her home but has kept his counsel since. She always aspired to be in the coolest group.. When they confronted Melissa with this, she went berserk, recalls Joanna. At 6am on November 11, the Federal Police had shocked Caddick, her husband and her 14-year-old son when they arrived at their home bearing search warrants. Tony, who had studied political science in England . If she had had a brain snap and stolen the money, I could cope with that better than knowing the number of times she looked me in the eye as I thanked her for making such a big difference to my life and to my children. Caddick would shrug off the gratitude saying, Thats just what I do., But Joanna and her family are determined that Caddicks monstrous deception will not tear them apart. This article will tell you more about Melissa. He is not suggested to have any involvement in his wife's disappearance or have any knowledge of her company's alleged financial misappropriation of investor funds. Research suggests CBD mainly affects women, with the age of onset in the early 20s, which corresponds with leaving home and gaining financial independence. As of December 4, he had only $1.95 in the bank, the court heard. 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When fraudster Melissa Caddick went missing in November 2020 police were informed that one person they should look into was her first husband Anthony Byron Caddick. Now the retirees' $2million home is at risk of being sold from under them. " [Name redacted] resides with me full time. Perhaps fearing that the surgeons ex-wife might hire a forensic accountant, Caddick abruptly liquidated all his assets without consulting him and returned his funds. No record of Caddick having ever checked into the Meriton exists but its not clear whether police checked Kolettis name or the timeline prior to their wedding. As clients invested money, Caddick created fabricated CommSec portfolio statements and fake account numbers to show her investors what return they had achieved, making them falsely believe they had invested in shares. 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. She thought it best to let her friend work things out. But by mid-December, Mr Grimley had already incurred $55,000 in legal costs dealing with his sister's matter, which receivers may pay for. 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. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Melissa Caddick's husband evicted from his mansion There was relief among the assembled guests at the Garrison Church in The Rocks when the bride, who blamed her hairdresser for her lateness, finally arrived, wearing a simple, full-length, white silk dress, a tulle veil and a single strand of pearls with matching earrings. At some point he texted the cleaner, pretending to be Caddick, to cancel an appointment, he told police. At some point during the 12-hour raid, AFP constable Amelia Griffen notes that Caddick has taken an afternoon nap. The cars number plates, 2 PAWS, was a riff on his company, Paws Off Productions. The two-week inquest before Deputy State Coroner Elizabeth Ryan is now halfway over after five days of evidence. Why didnt Joanna hand over her superannuation for Caddick to manage? Mellissa met Anthony when she went to get her hair done from him as he is a great hairdresser, and he eventually became her go-to, No.1 stylist. Everything shes done has always been legit, he tells them. On a skiing trip with her son and her second husband, Anthony Koletti. Koletti offered up an early theory that Caddick was camping out at the Meriton in Bondi Junction, a big spot for us in our early years. [2], Shortly afterwards, Caddick was hired as a financial advisor for Wise Financial Services, a subsidiary of ING, and eventually purchased a 25% stake in the business after borrowing $750,000. It was just happy to see the back of Melissa Caddick. The next time she featured in IFA, some 17 years later, it was for catastrophic breaches of her own advice. In 2010, the family moved abroad to Essex to live closer to Tony's family while he commuted daily to his job in London. The womans first investment of $1 million had made such a handsome return that by April shed invested a total of $2.5 million. His little sister is missing, and he has been left managing her estate in her absence. More than $200,000 was spent on jewellery and in 2016 she used investors funds to buy Koletti a bright blue $390,000 Audi. Tony Caddick, Caddick's first husband, was a builder's laborer from England. I remember being really happy that night, thinking how lucky I was to have a friend that I have known forever, Joanna says. As soon as his wife is officially declared dead he would become the guardian as per Melissas request in her last will, Mr Koletti wrote in an email dated February 3, 2022, which he sent to Michael Hayter, the solicitor representing the court-appointed receivers of his wifes assets. [Name redacted] resides with me full time. She later convinced Joanna to liquidate her share portfolio and hand the proceeds to Caddick to invest for her, too. Whoever it was, with no mention of fraud or misappropriation, and hundreds of other complaints to assess each month, ASIC recorded this single, unsourced complaint about Caddick operating without her own licence, but took no action. Anthony v Anthony: husbands at odds as frustration grows in Caddick case. 'I think he's struggled to be what you would expect to be proactive,' the police officer added. 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