The husband of fraudster Melissa Caddick obtained a style of the glamorous life he as soon as loved as he drooled over a scorching pink Porsche whereas mingling with fashions and influencers at Australian Vogue Week.
Anthony Koletti, a hairdresser and part-time DJ, was again at work with the Revlon Skilled magnificence staff for Wednesday’s Karla Spetic runway present – simply months after he deserted his multimillion-dollar declare on his spouse’s property. It follows experiences he’s going through appreciable authorized prices.
Wearing all-black and surrounded by suitcases of salon merchandise, Mr Koletti was in good spirits as he laughed with colleagues and noticed the trendy crowd on the third day of the annual style occasion.
After admiring a pink Porsche 911 Targa from afar, the hairdresser made a beeline for the $350,000 luxurious automobile that was on show and crouched right down to take photographs on his cellphone.
The $390,000 Audi R8 V10 convertible he as soon as drove was seized by liquidators and auctioned off for $295,000 in a bid to claw again money to repay victims who handed over their life financial savings in Mrs Caddick’s Ponzi scheme.
Mr Koletti was pressured to downgrade to a Hyundai i30. On the time, it was reported he’d informed pals he was “ashamed” to be seen driving the white rent rental automobile.
“He stated it’s a humiliation, he’s ashamed to be seen in a rent automobile and says Melissa by no means stole any cash from purchasers and by no means spent any on him so why ought to he lose every thing,” a supply near Mr Koletti informed The Every day Telegraph.
In November, a Federal Court docket decide ordered receivers to grab tens of millions of {dollars} in objects that had been bought by Mrs Caddick. Mr Koletti had claimed he was entitled to a portion of his spouse’s proceeds of crime, however was solely allowed to maintain a small variety of luxurious objects, together with a Breitling Navitimer chronograph watch, a Louis Vuitton digital wrist watch, a Canturi 18-carat cross pendant and his 18-carat Canturi wedding ceremony ring.
Extra of the con-woman’s designer possessions had been auctioned off by Shapiro’s in February – together with lavish purses and clothes by Valentino, Gucci, Chanel and Oscar De La Renta.
Caddick vanished in November 2020, a day after the Australian Securities and Investments Fee raided her Dover Heights over a $23m Ponzi scheme which she used to fund her glamorous life-style.
A coroner discovered that Caddick was lifeless however couldn’t decide her method or reason behind loss of life after a foot washed up on the NSW south coast three months after the fraudster went lacking.
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