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Pity Party music. And I’m being generous.
It seems Koletti role in life was Caddick's toy boy. Nothing more, nothing less.They say there's no accounting for taste.
It was mentioned in the latest episode of the Liar Liar podcast series that Kolettis' behavior will be discussed in more detail in future episodes.
I agree. His “crime” was not questioning where the money came from, but he seems pretty gullible tbh. Who knows what explanation he was given, but it wouldn’t have been convenient for him to question it anyway.I get the feeling he is a pretty simple guy, not overly intelligent and I can see that he was probably a mushroom in the relationship. Kept in the dark and fed a lot of BS. IMO
He would have just been loving life on the gravy train, sadly the gravy train rarely run forever
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Hello all... I am new to Websleuths. This case is a doozy!I agree. His “crime” was not questioning where the money came from, but he seems pretty gullible tbh. Who knows what explanation he was given, but it wouldn’t have been convenient for him to question it anyway.
He has lost his wife, but he’d be best not doing further interviews and just trying to get on with his life.
he’d be best not doing further interviews and just trying to get on with his life.
Following this case I am disappointed in ASIC’s follow-up too, particularly removing the CCTV hard drive without replacing it with another one.
Exactly.The thing is we will never know how completely ASIC would go with MC—to the extent perhaps of helping to make new laws protecting future investors—because she is gone. Case closed. After all that hard work, this is the worst outcome for all decent people.
I'm not sure they had evidence before the raid to charge her with a criminal offence. I don't understand why no one went looking for that evidence months before. Can't ASIC refer likely criminal fraud to AFP or NSW Police?Exactly.
Would there have been any objection to MC in her active wear being lead out of the Dover Heights home in handcuffs. Once the raid was underway the cat is out of the bag. Compare this approach to the recent crime family raids in Western Sydney where they are being made to sit handcuffed in their underwear in the gutter while being filmed by the media. If we were to compare just in dollar terms who had the greater success in their criminal endeavours, I would guess MC with her 20 plus million over ten years would win hands down.
If I were one of her victims (or AK) the first thing I would be querying with ASIC/Federal Police is: why didn't MC face a bail hearing as a minimum requirement of her freedom? The fact that MC couldn't produce her passport should have been a red flag that maybe she had a back up plan if she was ever found out. Surely a present MC would have meant victims would receive whatever monies that could have been retrieved faster.
Was it inept policing, a reluctance to cause a scene and upset the good people of the eastern suburbs, or something more sinister?
I'm not sure they had evidence before the raid to charge her with a criminal offence. I don't understand why no one went looking for that evidence months before. Can't ASIC refer likely criminal fraud to AFP or NSW Police?
I'm guessing that the folders in the background of the raid footage are full of client statements with dodgy CommSec numbers. A quick flick through those should have revealed the extent of the fraud. To me that would be same as finding a kilo of ice in a raid at a suspected underworld figure's house.From what I can gather, ASIC is hopelessly under-resourced for the scope of its compliance responsibilities. Accordingly, it is slow to act and slow to prosecute, and fraud is not as straightforward to prosecute as theft.
I am not sure that the AFP would have been in a position to charge Caddick with anything on the day of the raid and take her into custody.
I can't see how a raid is justified if ASIC didn't have at least one of these as evidence. ASIC deliberately didn't talk to everyone they had knowledge of out of fear that MC would catch wind of the impending raid.
It's just so odd! For the AFP and ASIC to have such a high presumption of guilt that they can seize all of her possessions but that presumption of guilt isn't enough for an arrest. BONKERS!!!Welcome to the new members.
The last few posts have brought up some great points, which sadly we probably will never find out the answers for.
My conclusion at this point regarding the cctv is that it was probably connected to the computer hard drive. If this is the case then it’s not ASIC’s fault that it stopped working after the raid. The computer would have been necessary to seize on the day of the raid for obvious reasons.
Beyond this it’s disappointing that MC wasn’t arrested on the day of the raid, but as has been mentioned above and earlier it wasn’t in ASIC’s power to arrest her at that point during the investigation. Hopefully this never happens again.
I don’t believe we’ll get much more information than what we have now tbh, but hopefully I’m wrong.It's just so odd! For the AFP and ASIC to have such a high presumption of guilt that they can seize all of her possessions but that presumption of guilt isn't enough for an arrest. BONKERS!!!
Just to be clear, I am firmly in the corner that MC is still alive. She was never going to acknowledge an investigation, ASIC/AFP or a judge, how dare they... If you want to disappear you do exactly what MC has done. You leave your phone behind so it doesn't ping off mobile towers and you obviously don't access known bank accounts.
The only thing that could sway me is the shoe and what is exactly in that shoe. If it is a few toes wedged in there with some flesh, I am not convinced she is dead. If it is the whole skeleton of a foot with evidence that it has detached from the body whilst being in the water for a period, I will then accept the suicide off the cliffs/foul play theories. The thought of MC paying someone to cut off her foot is a bridge too far for me.
What I fear is the inquest keeping these details out of public view for whatever reason. I do hope we get a submission from MC's son, his take on the whole sordid affair should be fascinating.
I believe the same. Right now I believe it’s probably murder, but she escaped from her house first. How all of that played out is the question.https://www.smh.com.au/national/exp...caddick-cut-off-her-foot-20220526-p5aotv.html
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Experts dismiss theory that missing fraudster Melissa Caddick cut off her foot
Speculation about whether the missing Sydney fraudster tried to throw the police off her scent has been discounted by experts, the podcast Liar Liar reveals.www.smh.com.au
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