In a desperate hunt for clues, the victim only recently thought to take a closer look at the cute, but seemingly ordinary happy snap, the podcast Liar Liar: Melissa Caddick and the Missing Millions reveals.
Zooming in on the notepad on Caddick’s desk, the sum $46,000 was can be seen scrawled on the paper.
That was the eye-watering amount of profit Caddick was making from her alleged crimes every single day.
In the month of May 2020 alone, the accused Sydney fraudster made a staggering $1.426 million.
The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age journalist Kate McClymont, who hosts the podcast, told Today the discovery showed how sometimes clues could be ‘hiding in plain sight’.
“The person that provided me with that photo is one of, not only Melissa’s victims, but she worked one day a week for Melissa,” McClymont said.
“So she is sitting there day after day seeing all of these things, but it wasn’t until after Melissa disappeared and the ‘Herald’ broke the story saying she was running a Ponzi scheme, they didn’t even realise they were all victims.”
Caddick’s case is one that has captivated the nation.
Things came crumbling down for Caddick when the federal police, on behalf of…
