An opulent wedding ring is among the designer jewellery and artworks the husband of alleged fraudster Melissa Caddick claims are his ahead of an auction to cover her debts.
Key points:
- Luxury items belonging to alleged fraudster Melissa Caddick will be auctioned in coming weeks
- In court documents her husband claims some of the jewellery were gifts from Ms Caddick
- She vanished a day after a raid at her Sydney home in November 2020
Ms Caddick disappeared from her home in Sydney’s eastern suburbs the day after a November 2020 raid by the corporate watchdog and Australian Federal Police.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission was investigating the 49-year-old’s alleged Ponzi scheme that cost her clients more than $23 million.
But before court appointed receivers auction off jewellery, designer goods and artworks in the coming weeks, in documents filed to the Federal Court Ms Caddick’s husband, Anthony Koletti, states that several of the items belong to him.
Mr Koletti wants his wedding ring, an 18-carat white gold Cubism ring with 4.26 carat black sapphires, given to him at a ceremony in Rose Bay on December 31, 2013.
His court filing also states that Ms Caddick gave him jewellery for his birthday in 2016, including a Canturi 18-carat white gold ring and a Carre diamond cross pendant.
Mr Koletti claims he bought some of the items that were seized, including a $US4,000 ($5,900) Louis Vuitton watch on a…
