Melissa Caddick
AustraliaconwomanFemale1.0Global Dominance: 0.00%Melissa Caddick was a financial advisor from Australia who became infamous for running a Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors, a story now dramatized in the series Underbelly: Vanishing Act.
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Melissa Caddick was a fraudster who disappeared before dawn on November 12, 2020, after running a $23 million Ponzi scheme.
Melissa Caddick estate finally wound up years after disappearanceThe Sydney Morning Herald·Australia· 2026-07-23
Australia· 2026-07-23
Melissa Caddick’s husband Anthony Koletti is in court over her alleged assault on an elderly woman.
Melissa Caddick’s husband Anthony Koletti in court over alleged assault on elderly woman in VaucluseThe Sydney Morning Herald·Australia· 2025-09-05
Australia· 2025-09-05
Koletti, in turn, was better known to the general public as the husband of fraudster Melissa Caddick.
Nova Peris can’t be cancelled, despite anti-Islam postsThe Sydney Morning Herald·Australia· 2025-08-03
Australia· 2025-08-03
Melissa Caddick vanished from her Dover Heights home in 2020.
Conwoman Rina Pasaribu pleads guilty to $750,000 airline fraudThe Sydney Morning Herald·Australia· 2025-06-28
Australia· 2025-06-28
Melissa Caddick stole from friends and family.
Melissa Caddick victims settle class action for $3.5 millionThe Sydney Morning Herald·Australia· 2025-04-01
Australia· 2025-04-01
Melissa Caddick is depicted as a slick operator involved in a Ponzi scheme in a semi-fictionalised drama.
Netflix Apple Cider Vinegar, plus five other TV shows about conwomenThe Sydney Morning Herald·Australia· 2025-02-09
Australia· 2025-02-09
