Police are seeking an apprehended violence order (AVO) against the husband of Sydney fraudster Melissa Caddick, to protect a woman investigating her multi-million-dollar “Ponzi scheme”.
Key points:
- Ms Caddick disappeared the day after investigators raided her Sydney home
- Her foot washed up on a NSW beach three months later
- Authorities say Ms Caddick was misappropriating investor funds through her financial services company Maliver
An application requesting the AVO was filed against Anthony Koletti yesterday in a bid to protect Isabella Allen, who is leading the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation into his wife.
According to NSW Police, an AVO can be sought if someone has been the victim of “physical assault, threats of physical harm, stalking, intimidation or harassment and has a reasonable fear to believe that this behaviour will continue”.
Ms Caddick, 49, disappeared from her Dover Heights home in November 2020 after posing as a financial adviser and leaving 72 investors more than $23 million out of pocket.
ASIC alleges Ms Caddick was misappropriating investor funds through her financial services company, Maliver Pty Ltd, and operating without a licence.
In court, lawyers acting for ASIC have described Ms Caddick’s frauds as “a Ponzi scheme”.
Ms Caddick’s decomposed foot was later found on Bournda Beach near Tathra, about 500km from Sydney, three months after she went…
