The husband of late fraudster Melissa Caddick told corporate regulator ASIC she was penniless and without income, an affidavit published online on Wednesday has revealed.
The affidavit was filed on December 8, 2020, about a month after Caddick disappeared from his home in Sydney’s east.
Anthony Koletti said he had been employed as a part-time hairdresser until the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic “in or around the end of March 2020.”
Anthony Koletti, Melissa Caddick’s husband, told ASIC in 2020 that he had no income. (NSW Police)
“At that time, (Caddick), who was the main breadwinner in our family, and I talked and agreed that in order to reduce the risk to the family’s health, I would stop working and stay at home and would take care of housework, child care, and facilitating after-school appointments,” Koletti said in the affidavit.
“As a result, I currently earn no income.”
Koletti said Caddick had supported the family and met all living expenses, and called on ASIC to make arrangements to allow the family to continue to pay those expenses from Caddick’s seized assets.
Anthony Koletti told ASIC he was almost broke and had no income. (ASIC)
“I am concerned that if the immediate support expenses that would otherwise be paid for (Caddick) are not paid, (child’s name removed) will not be able to return to his current school to begin his education 10 years, insurance and security Cannot be maintained in relation to (Caddic’s) assets, basic utilities attached to the Dover Height property may not be paid and may be cut off, jeopardizing basic health and food requirements,” he said.
Along with the affidavit, Koletti also submitted bank statements and a screenshot of his only bank account, showing a balance of just $1.95.
Caddick disappeared from the family home in Dover Heights in November 2020, just hours after ASIC investigators went to the property.
An inquest into his presumed death is due to begin later this year.
Last month, Koletti dropped a claim for $30 million in the proceeds of Caddick’s crime.
He was evicted from the Dover Heights home in May.