Melissa Caddick: Missing fraudster’s husband lives for free in their mansion

Melissa Caddick’s husband Anthony Koletti is free to live in their $7 million home until it can be sold to repay some of the $30 million the missing fraudster stole.

The husband of fraudster Melissa Caddick is still living in the lap of luxury at her Dover Heights mansion, nine months after her disappearance and doesn’t have to pay a cent towards the $19,000-a-month mortgage.

Former hairdresser Anthony Koletti – who had just $1.95 in his bank account after his wife went missing last ­November – is free to live in their $7m home until the ­Federal Court rules it can be sold to repay some of the $30m Caddick stole from investors.

With his $300,000 Audi R8 seized by provisional receivers along with his wife’s Mercedes, Mr Koletti was seen to have downgraded to a cheaper Audi model as he was spotted in Rose Bay on Thursday.

There is no suggestion the 38-year-old knew his wife was defrauding investors.

The financial mess remains on hold until Federal Court judge Brigitte Markovic rules on whether liquidators will be appointed to Caddick’s private assets, as well as assets held by her company Maliver.

The provisional liquidators Bruce Gleeson and Daniel Soire have uncovered a maze of fraudulent documents she used to trick 72 ­investors into believing she was a financial planner.

The court will also have to decide whether liquidators will not be confirmed until an inquest has been held to decide whether Caddick is dead.

Anthony Koletti, the partner of missing Melissa Caddick, behind the wheel of his new car on Thursday. Picture: John Grainger

She disappeared the morning after her home was raided by the corporate watchdog ASIC.

With ripped-off investors concerned any money left would be spent on lawyers and living expenses for Mr Koletti and his 16-year-old stepson, it was agreed with ASIC that the $1700 weekly allowance, which had been paid to Mr Koletti, would end in February this year.

In an affidavit, Mr Koletti said he had been a part-time hairdresser until Covid hit last year, when it was decided his wife would be the primary breadwinner.