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Melissa Caddick’s secret Christian Dior ledger exposed: The fashion designer will hand over the more than $260,000 he had in an account in the name of the notorious con man
- Christian Dior will release more than $260,000 withheld in the name of Melissa Caddick
- The scammer’s assets are being liquidated to reimburse the victims of his Ponzi scheme
- Assets include his company Maliver, the Dover Heights mansion and luxury items.
- Dior asked to hand over nine years of tax bills and financial records
More than $262,000 held by fashion powerhouse Christian Dior will have to be turned over as investigators recover what they can in the fallout from Melissa Caddick’s fraudulent scheme.
Since February 2022, trustees have been hard at work liquidating Caddick’s assets after the con artist ran a $23 million Ponzi scheme before mysteriously disappearing.
In addition to Christian Dior’s funds, which were disclosed in a Federal Court affidavit Friday, Caddick’s assets include his company Maliver, his CommSec domestic and international stock portfolios, the Dover Heights mansion and luxury personal items. , including jewelry.
Fashion powerhouse Dior has been asked to hand over more than $262,000 in an account in the name of Melissa Caddick as her assets continue to be liquidated.
Luxury items like this Dior bag were seized from Caddick’s home in Dover Heights after it was raided by the Australian Federal Police and ASIC in February 2020.
A host of conspicuous possessions that once belonged to Caddick have been seized by receivers after a court ordered his assets sold to pay investors.
Earlier this week, Judge Brigitte Markovic ordered Christian Dior to turn over $262,940 in funds, plus nine years of tax bills and other financial records related to the Dover Heights and Maliver woman.
Of this money, $200,000 was paid by electronic funds transfer, while $62,940 was paid by American Express credit card.
“Given what has now emerged about Ms. Caddick’s alleged conduct in obtaining money from third parties, (Christian Dior) does not know who this money actually belongs to,” the firm’s lawyer, Masiullah Zaki, wrote in his statement. sworn.
While the company said it was willing to help the receivers, it initially refused to hand over any documents, citing confidentiality concerns.
Photos of Melissa Caddick’s hoard of luxury possessions found by investigators during their raid have emerged. In the photo, a Chanel jacket.
Never-before-seen photos have revealed the trove of luxury items Melissa Caddick kept in her Sydney mansion that are now being sold to repay victims of her Ponzi scheme.
On Monday, Judge Markovic ordered the trustees to notify Christian Dior if they were going to disclose private information to the court or to creditors.
On Monday, Judge Markovic ordered the trustees to notify Christian Dior if they were going to disclose private information to the court or to creditors.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the Australian Federal Police jointly raided the house in the eastern suburbs of Caddick on November 11, 2020.
Her husband, Anthony Koletti, reported her missing two days later.
Police believe she died sometime during this period, after her foot was later found washed up on Bournda Beach on the south coast of New South Wales, some 350 kilometers from her home.