The mystery that is Melissa Caddick, and the puzzle that is her husband, Anthony Koletti, continues.
In his own right, Anthony was THE hairdresser to the well-heeled of Sydney’s mega-rich eastern suburbs. If you wanted to look your best, you came to Anthony. They all asked for him. And he made the ladies of the east feel good, and look a million bucks.
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This was a kid who grew up in working class western Sydney. A different orbit to his high-paying, socialite client list. He left school in Year 10 and chased an apprenticeship in hairdressing. And it turns out he was bloody good at it.
His skill, his scissors and his friendly, disarming personality took him a long way from that upbringing, and catapulted him into the hot seat of the swankiest Sydney salon run by Joh Bailey.
Anthony had made the big time. His appointment book was full, and he was living the life.
So was Melissa Caddick. The high-flying financial adviser had the money and means to be a member of this eastern suburbs style club. And Anthony was her go-to, No.1 stylist. She wouldn’t see anyone, but him.
They’d only later realise that they had so much more in common than just pride in her feeling a million dollars when he made her look her best, and him feeling proud of his craft.
Turns out they lived just streets away from each other growing up in western Sydney, and went to the same high school, but about nine years apart.
Whatever brought Anthony and Melissa together, theirs was a magnificent marriage.
A multi-million dollar Sydney mansion. Ski trips to Aspen. An Audi supercar. Jewellery fit for a queen. Elite parties. The epitome of success.
But it was all based on a great big lie. Money and greed were the bedrock of this life.
Melissa had cunningly crafted herself a career that was based on abusing people’s trust. Taking millions of dollars from those she said we’re her nearest and dearest – friends, family even her personal trainer.
She took their money to invest. They thought they were in safe hands. And more than that, they were led to believe they were making a fortune.
The returns were magic.
Too good to believe.
And they were.
The books were cooked. The returns a figment of Melissa’s imagination. The paperwork, all made up. This is what ASIC investigators concluded.
Melissa’s life was a lie. She was caught out; she went missing and her foot was found some months later.
Awful, raw, and cold hard details – with Anthony trying to fill in the mystery gaps.
Was she murdered? Did she jump? Is she still alive?
So many terrible questions have been left unanswered. And we ask all of them in our exclusive interview with Anthony.
You can watch the full bombshell interview free on 7plus here
‘My suspect list is long’
Anthony says he would not be surprised if police walked into the multi-million dollar Dover Heights mansion he resides in and tells him she was murdered.
Speaking for the first time since his wife vanished on November 12, 2020, Koletti told 7NEWS Spotlight’s Michael Usher he does not believe she took her own life.
“She was so happy,” he says in the interview.
“She loved (her son) and I.
“I don’t believe that’s what she did.”
Instead, he believes that she was murdered.
“My suspect list is long,” he says, referring to people she is accused of defrauding “among many other people”.
“If it came out, if the police came to me and said ‘Melissa was murdered’, I’d be like ‘it makes sense’.”
What happened to Melissa Caddick?
Caddick went for a run on the morning of November 12.
She left without her phone or wallet, which police say was out-of-character. The only thing missing from the $7.5 million Dover Heights home was some Nike-branded activewear.
Her teenage son told police that he heard the front door of the home close about 5.30am.
Days before she walked out the door, officers from the AFP walked in.
The purpose of their visit? Caddick had allegedly made her millions through misappropriated funds invested with her by family and friends.
Federal Court hearings, in which Caddick was unsurprisingly absent, stated she was involved in “serious misconduct”.
Financial records show more than $20 million had been dropped into her account. All but $700,000 had been withdrawn.
Caddick “lived large” off the fortune she acquired from the friends and family she’d betrayed, her alleged victims claim.
“The evidence against Ms Caddick/Maliver (her company) is overwhelming,” Dominic Calabria, a partner at Bridges Lawyers detailing the investors’ plights, said in a document supplied to 7NEWS.com.au.
“Each of the investors became an investor following a strong personal recommendation from people they trusted - people who were long-standing friends of Melissa Caddick or her family members.
“In almost all cases, the relationship with Melissa Caddick or her family member spanned a period of two or more decades.”
In March, corporate watchdog ASIC dropped criminal charges against Caddick, allowing the civil case to go ahead with a chance of compensation for the numerous victims.
Three months later, on February 21, campers found the Sydney businesswoman’s decomposed foot washed up on a beach 400km south of Sydney.
However, should Caddick turn out to be still alive (albeit without a foot), criminal charges would likely be laid again.
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