Melissa Caddick appeared to be one of Australia’s most successful private investors …jet-setting around the world on private planes while draped in designer clothing. She’d graced magazine covers and was considered to be one of the wealthiest and most trusted financial advisors in the country.

Then, following a federal raid on her multi-million dollar home in Sydney, Australia in November 2020, Melissa disappeared. But long before her case went viral, Melissa was excited to start a new life. After being caught cheating with another man in Paris in 2011, Melissa divorced her first husband, Tony Caddick, and was ready to begin anew with a flush bank account. 

Melissa moved back to Sydney with the cash she drained from her and her ex-husband’s shared bank account and began a relationship with her former hairdresser, a man named Anthony Koletti. Once Melissa was back in her home country, it was full speed ahead. Melissa wanted it all, and nobody could stop her from getting what she wanted …even if it meant draining her own parents of everything they’d worked hard for.

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Executive Producers are: Jami Rice and Sim Sarna

Research and writing by: Zach Selwyn

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