Conwoman still ripping off people from her grave | 60 Minutes Australia

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It’s now official. A coroner has ruled that missing Sydney con woman Melissa Caddick is dead, although precisely how, where and when she died remains a mystery. What also remains is the misery of those who were duped out of millions of dollars of their savings by Caddick’s simple scam. She claimed to be a financial whizz, promising huge returns to investors. Instead, she spent their money on herself, purchasing designer dresses, custom-made jewellery and lavish overseas holidays.
Tom Steinfort has been reporting on the Caddick case for more than two years and this Sunday on 60 MINUTES reveals new vision he has obtained showing Melissa, her husband Anthony Koletti and her brother Adam Grimley on a night out before her disappearance. Steinfort’s latest investigation has also uncovered information which could provide a long-awaited glimmer of hope for Caddick’s many victims.
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[@kiki29073]

I am so loving 60 Minutes Australia having comments open on some videos now.

[@agolftwittler1223]

Agreed, a good move. I was quite surprised, it's a first for me.

[@kelseyhewitt4925]

Right! I've always checked for comments and was so surprised when I came to this video!

[@BFRIZZLE909]

I'm an American who follows aussie news, this was a surprise to me also. Cool to see the opinions and thoughts of you all on the home topics.

[@shoutatthesky]

If any news organisation doesn't allow comments they are not worth listening to!

[@idawulan6789]

dont brag Australia censored news channels just as much as China. 60 min is the only one with the comments open national nine news isnt and every other AUS news they block it

[@lindab424]

Well hearing that her parents think they deserve 95% of their money back but not anyone else gives us a good idea about why Melissa was so selfish and didn't give a stuff about anyone else!

[@jobee525]

"hooray for me and to hell with you!"

[@MioRaem]

"Whats yours is mine, and whats mine is nanna ya business mate!"

[@jackspring7709]

Yep - as I always say: the trash didn't fall far from the can.

[@judithrandall4690]

no honor among thieves

[@perrycoffey5410]

Because she's a human and humans are selfish pieces of shit

[@longjidalu3845]

Her brother and her husband know more than they are telling. Her parents definitely raised a child in their own image.

[@FourHuskyHomestead]

They know more but I think the husband was really hurt. And the son. Her son has got to be devastated. Anthony is a good man to continue raising the boy and giving his all to see that the boy receives a good education and grow up well. Of course the brother is in shock. I hope those 3 men stick close together and get through it. I believe Melissa is alive. She will never show her face again. Just hope she doesn’t manipulate things from whatever she is.

[@MausMasher54]

My thought's, seems the investigation needs to microscopically examine her last year's movements and contacts.....She's cagey and strategic in her need to be a survivor and she will pop back up on the radar, when she needs more cash....IMHO....

[@rogerreverence4737]

How do we know melissa is alive?

[@maddyc2412]

Her husband definitely does, he's a slimeball

[@alicewonder0]

​@FourHuskyHomestead they mentioned they had proof it was her and she was dead. Do you have any proof that shows she's not dead?

[@banafshemousavi1105]

My family was a victim of a con like her. They are bad people who literally stole other people’s money.

[@MarkPrice-gs9xh]

Hence the title

[@nicksaetern8332]

She’s probably still alive. A foot found on the beach? That’s not enough to say she’s dead. She’s a CON ARTIST.

[@monl3807]

Humm...a foot...or jail?? 😅 a foot. 2:21

[@IFAMILYIH]

I have legit been thinking this

[@VandalIO]

I doubt she’s dead .. who has to gain the most from her death ? The answer is Melissa caddick ! Or if she had some kind of death insurance maybe 🤔 her husband ?

[@joaquimrodriguez8961]

No, that bitch is dead.

[@dmystify1381]

too self centred to take her own life....dis-gruntled investor holding the key im tippn.Always the closest to us.

[@shoutatthesky]

She's not dead. She's out there somewhere minus a foot.

[@judehemsworth85]

😂lol

[@fudgeoverlord1988]

She was very well planned woman who had rich connections :P she could of had a bail out plan :P

[@joaquimrodriguez8961]

Spoiler alert, she's dead.

[@straya9485]

Always 1 foot ahead, deceiving people is her game

[@emmajaneharkins1798]

Or someone else is minus a foot

[@Jicoje]

Her husband have to be investigated properly about her death!

[@alexandercharehjoo7744]

It all boils down to greed. If it's too good to be true then you are being scammed 😮

[@goldenautumn3073]

I believe we have been.

[@TR-ff2pl]

No wonder her parents made such a evil woman. They are evil themselves.

[@Bambotb]

Sometimes parents are good people

[@GoldGamer-pl8yt]

@@Bambotb wait what 😂

[@monstertoy4620]

Family of narcissists

[@TakenTook]

The parents should also get only 40-45% back of the money they paid, just like the rest of the investors. It's very sad for them because it was their own daughter who ripped them off, but they may have benefited from her scam in other ways while it was still going on.

[@MioRaem]

The one thing is her villa has increased in value since she bought it. So if the prosecutors get a good deal for it that will make up for some of the money that's just irreplacable.

[@jc-246]

I think they should not get that. No proof she passed at all. We are talking about a ruthless woman who could well be alive. More chance of that. Let's face it her so called partner didn't look too bothered during that investigation. And she made her money the dirty way so why should her parents have any of it. It's dirty money. Her victims come first. But I suppose they can have the left overs. I just think she is alive. A woman who cunning seems like a psychopath and that rich they can rearrange her whole face with cosmetic surgery and give themselves a new identity with ease.

[@jeanlaubenthal698]

Yes…parents could add up gifts, vacations, dinners etc. and deduct that from their 1 m …I bet most of the other victims did not get as much. AND parents may be hiding assets. Also…the fire sale of the property is unfortunate…lawyers want the money instead of going to a realtor?

[@TakenTook]

@@jeanlaubenthal698 -- Hopefully the court will make sure that forensic accountants are involved, tracking purchases made by the daughter on behalf of the parents while she was running the scam. I think it's reasonable to deduct any of that from whatever amount they would get from the sale of the home.

[@shizzynwa]

Her parents should relinquish the house to the creditors who should then sell the house and put it into the pool of money. Then her parents if they have the receipts should come forward like everyone else to claim money and it should be split evenly. That is the process, that smug lawyer is probably the parents lawyer.

[@pshaw8406]

I feel worst for her son.

[@user-td9rz5kz7j]

Very sad. Not many think of him. All about the dollar life.

[@triggabun]

They always look so normal and even motherly. I remember when I was in Uni we had a law class assignment that required us to go down to the courts. I sat in on one case of embezzlement by a company controller. She looked so nice and at that moment it solidified that saying " don't judge a book by it's cover" I also don't respect any one just because they are wealthy. You have to earn my respect. Even thieves can be wealthy through thievery.

[@geada7music627]

"Respect to be respected" and "treat others like you would like to be treated" very simple rules for life. Peace

[@rollbeats7342]

Satan was created to be good and even look so angelic yet for 10000s years still crooked

[@Iworkwithnitwits]

I do not understand why anyone would put a million dollars down on a penthouse to have someone else's name on the property.

[@hdon8190]

If they know they are doing wrong and thought about the possibility of getting caught. Having the penthouse under someone else's name makes it difficult for the penthouse to be taken away or sold off as proceeds that would be returned to the people they ripped off.

[@williamrae9954]

Death taxes?

[@pamelacupcakes4539]

because she conned them. From what i seen in another interview they wanted to be closer to her but didn't really know how to go around doing that. So she stepped in and said she would help with the sale of their house, the paper work and getting the new penthouse. I mean they are a lot older and well when your kid offers to help you don't really say no especially when she had the finance career. So at the end of the day they though it was theirs and didn't know melissa put her name down not theirs. You don't think you would ever be conned by your own family. I know when my grandma wanted to sell her house to us my mum took over all the paper work and stuff to help us both out. My mum never conned me and our house is in my husbands and my name.

[@andy70d35]

She was scum, how many lives has she destroyed. The fact she had a $10M mansion, Hope everyone gets their money back. Anthony Koletti and her brother Adam Grimley are as guilty as her, they should be in jail.

[@jamiecurran3544]

I completely agree!🤔👍

[@healingandgrowth-infp4677]

Money is money Murder is worse

[@pamelacupcakes4539]

@@user-allanH Yeah my Auntry had a husabnd for 25 years he was taking money from the company he had worked at and sending it overseas to some lady in Canada. Apparently it was a huge amount. Just when the company had started to investigate into where their money was going he fled the country and that morning when the cops knocked on my Aunties door and was asking her where he was she didn't know she thought he had gone on a work trip at the last second like he did most of the time. I remember her calling my mum and my mum going to her house she was in tears. She had no idea this whole time what he had been doing. they had a house together, everything was in both their names. The cops got him he had fled to canada where he had married another women and had a child with and apparently he had knocked her up before he came home and that was why he was sending money over to her. They found him 2 years later and brought him back to Australia now hes in Jail and will be for a very long time.

[@xpyr]

In the US, the law says that anyone who benefitted from a ponzi scheme needs to give the money back that they made. That would include any of the early investors who started seeing a return on their so called investment. Any money they were given due to that, would need to be returned. So all the law suits here wouldn't even be necessary as law enforcement would be the ones responsible for getting as much money back as possible.

[@aikibaby]

At least it’s now clear where the monster got her personality: straight from her mother and father. What a horrible family.

[@happydayz7857]

Her parents are entitled to nothing.

[@chuckyyes]

and that's why they conned people. So they can have something, because they were entitled to nothing. Rooting for them

[@joaquimrodriguez8961]

I say give their money back their victims too.

[@fidelcatsro6948]

30dollar tent..

[@elipotter369]

They're entitled to the same payout as other victims, IF they have written proof of having given her money, i suppose. Unless it appears it was a gift.

[@74KU]

Then neither are the greedy people who think Runescape Money Double scam is legit..

[@drofnats1962]

I wouldn't be surprised if she was still Alive, living a nice life somewhere with an Artificial Foot and maybe a Brand New Face. What makes me say that, she's a Con Woman and only One foot was ever found. 🤔

[@blondecat666]

A new face definitely was a much needed thing anyway.

[@ytzpilot]

The theory she’s alive undermines the assassins that killed her and protects them from prosecution at the same time

[@Swansong321]

Jeeze!wouldn't be surprised!

[@drofnats1962]

Every Con Man Con Woman has a Plan B, for when the 💩 hits the Fan, She would of been stashing Cash here there and everywhere for years, probably.

[@darlenefraser3022]

Serious crimp in her shoe shopping…

[@Ilene-pz8fp]

The parents certainly have the “entitled” disposition.

[@jessselene]

Prayers for all of the victims and families affected. 🙏🏼

[@cynnajackson4556]

Melissa's entitlement and self-centeredness are definitely the apples that haven't fallen far from the tree. Shame of her parents. Their years of living in the penthouse ought to be amortized against their financial contributions.

[@bunnymad5049]

Agree. We now know where her attitude came from. They created her.

[@frankculaga5169]

She must of learned that shit from the findoms.

[@Kiki-Kauai]

Awww just said same exact I hadn’t thought of their time living in the penthouse. It definitely should be considered!

[@macknassmely.stv13]

😮 4:13 5:31

[@MisplacedTexan]

Right??? They’re the ones who raised this amoral con woman…. They should be LAST in line, not first!

[@innocentnemesis3519]

I have a hard time accepting that she’s truly dead.

[@ConstructionHoney]

Same

[@shondra6]

Me too. She’s too clever.

[@VenturiLife]

@@shondra6 She got caught first, so clearly not that clever.

[@Eye_Radiate_Light]

Yeah where's her skull and other bones?

[@pamelacupcakes4539]

Yeah me to a conwomen who conned even her own family is dead just like that? even if the husband knew what she was doing you don't think she would be hiding a lot from him as well???? i mean what about if she took money out of her bank accounts each week and had it stashed ready to do a runner incase something catcher up to her? Who knows but she was smart enough to bloody con people in the first place she could con her own death and people wouldn't know about it.

[@melissawright1979]

Whether she's alive or dead; her husband helped her or he knows where she is. It took him 30 hours to report her missing, his story keeps changing, she was never picked up on the CCTV, he enjoyed spending the money as much as she did. . . . I might be wrong, but something just isn't sitting right with him

[@neilswart7271]

With the amount of money stolen and the advanced prosthetic limbs of today. She’s alive and well. Laughing all the way to a corrupt bank somewhere.

[@selecttravelvacations7472]

How does a coroner determine her death with only a foot?!

[@hymatwat9412]

Dna

[@happydayz7857]

True. A law enforcement agency usually makes that call, with no body and no crime screen, they must resort to other tactics like looking into financial transactions after the disappearance and declaring someone dead that way. If someone changes identities, that method is also meaningless.

[@dec1slh]

​@@hymatwat9412 I think they mean that her foot could be chopped off and she could still be alive.

[@dec1slh]

@@tonymichaelaquino even if it was cut off, doesn't mean she is dead. Toxicology reports show traces of drugs, which drugs would be present if the foot broke off vs was cut off?????

[@bunnymad5049]

@@dec1slh There would be pain relief present. Something like morphine, in the tissue. That's my thinking anyhoo.

[@whattheysayk9558]

If she’s that smart to take all these people money she definitely got more money in other places

[@lizzi7128]

Not really because she hadn't thought about how she was going to cover her ass full stop. She was thinking short term, only

[@lucilla888]

cant be that smart if she got raided?!

[@joanarc7963]

@@lucilla888 she was going to her raided sooner or later. Even she knew that.

[@joanarc7963]

@@lizzi7128 I mean that’s the point right? She new she was going to get caught, and so off course she would have had a plan. She was either murdered or she took off.

[@lucilla888]

@@joanarc7963 yeah so shes dumb for no running away before they did

[@twiggyeison]

The partner needs investigating properly, he's definitely more involved in all these crimes for sure .

[@tracycottrell5146]

Greedy people trusting greedy people and now they're surprised

[@Mary-xr6vb]

It’s unfair that her parents got more than the other victims

[@raquelpk2]

That’s cause she’s still alive and her parents are helping her out. Foot or Prison? Hmmm idk the answer is easy .

[@sytherwusky]

But if there is one lesson to be learned, is always do your research before investing into anything, and always invest what you’re willing to lose

[@robbylianto6756]

The Family probably engaged with some Rats

[@sytherwusky]

@@robbylianto6756 they must be, if she did all of it without a license

[@robbylianto6756]

@@sytherwusky yes sure it's the license to load the Robot of Curentcy Exchange .

[@jojop3483]

This wouldn't fly in the us. The parents would lose that house in a heartbeat. Its not in their name. They have no claim. They got scammed by their daughter like everyone else It doesn't mean they deserve the life of luxury that their daughter stole and made up just to con more people, and on top to get 95% of their value back when everyone else who invested is lucky to get 45%. Thats disgusting

[@alanb9337]

Same in NZ. The Proceeds of Crime Act would result in the parents' dwelling being seized.

[@susanohnhaus611]

Well, we do have Bernie Madoff

[@idawulan6789]

@@alanb9337 give me a break, NZ is the most left western country on the planet even worth than Australia, the NZ gov will go on TV talking about NZ values and honestly and integrity then pass laws giving special treatment to china allowing them to buy up everything and even giving them protection. In AUS its getting so bad if you critisize CHina you can get charged for hate speech , they love money and NZ and AUS dont apply when there is money involved ... the there our darling big trade partner adn decieve a certain amount of legal protection gets used.... its impossible to get money back in AUS and id say NZ is even worse. the US has strict laws AUS still has suspended sentances where is the punishment its nothing

[@ellemarr7234]

@@susanohnhaus611 Yes, but he was also prosecuted and his family lost just about everything

[@Enonymouse_]

@@susanohnhaus611 There is I suspect a massive chunk of what Madoff stole that was never recovered, Madoff conspired with several persons globally to launder money. One of the things the Madoff scandal revealed about the US financial system that as of yet has not been addressed or seen further discussion of, the FDIC is insolvent and unable to pay out coverage for accounts its backing due to not charging traders enough fee's to cover fraud. Multi-billion dollar trading houses were being charged maybe 10's of dollars a year to cover short falls. It's absurd really..

[@oblitafier]

No-one ever mentions the greed of investors. We’re talking money for nothing. They see wealth and want a piece of the action. Many financial investments have victims. Someone somewhere loses when you win

[@briantneary2248]

As an American, I'd like to say congratulations for opening the comment section. Sometimes it's more entertaining than the actual video. We have tons of people just like her in this country. They're called government officials

[@RedButtonTV1]

why you need to imediately connect it to politics. that s why comment sections got disabled

[@anotheryoutubeaccount5259]

​@@RedButtonTV1 Exactly.

[@SuperSPatrick]

It's almost as though her entire immediate family were in on this.

[@bunnymad5049]

I started to wonder that too, to be honest. But ??? I guess the truth might come out in the end.

[@74KU]

@@bunnymad5049 Nah, just like so many things the average Australian Goldfish will forget all about it come Footy Finals time.

[@bevanbuckwheatshea5520]

I got involved with a con artist but was darn lucky to recognize their behavior and get away from them ASAP. Beware people. A lot of con artists out in the community looking for targets.

[@healingandgrowth-infp4677]

I had a friend like that cut her off so she turned around n tried to make me the problem n bad friend. Seen how all her children were taken in by social services even her newborn n how her husband left her. Should have known better earlier those were the days i trusted ppl. Even tho I endured a lot of abusive ppl. Last time I saw her she was frauding on the streets. They never change or wake up. They are narcissists most likely.

[@dawsie]

So very true, my Dad’s own brother did this, I’m just thankful that they talked to me before they just handed over $10,000 to him. I made my parents look at their own home and reinvested back into the home, my grand parents his in laws his sister they all lost everything and yet he still managed to live in a lovely expensive home, my Aunt managed to keep her home just. She still talks to him but we have not spoken except at Grans funeral which I stood in for Dad as Mom was by this time to sick to travel. His brother was the youngest of them and Gran would not hear anything negative about him even when he had cleaned her out and left her to live in near poverty, she still covered for him and still gave him money. I was asked by him to do data entry before it all happened, I’m not good at maths but I am good at data entry, I thought I was going to get paid, even worked in the office for a month, as I was punching in the data, I started to question things, but not understanding it I let it slide, it was when I went to get paid and was asked if I could wait a week thats when I started to really look at what I was doing for him. I talked to my Mom because I was scared to upset Dad as it was his brother after all, it was about this time his brother wanted Dad to invest into the company. I copied everything in the office and sent it to the Tax office and left the company I got a real job that paid weekly not monthly or in this case never. I learned also never work for family. I felt bad for Dad but when he found out he said I did the right thing, I did what he taught me to be and that was to be honest. It caused such a rift in the family for such a long time, but when he was charged for embezzling the others came around and talked to Dad that was over 30 years ago, and my uncle still thinks he’s done nothing wrong, but even his own children do not give him money any more going by what my Aunt has said. Once a con artist always a con artist, they will find a way to get what they want in the end or end up in prison.

[@ouivalerie]

@@healingandgrowth-infp4677 Narcissist sounds to me like a sorry ass excuse for a demon possessed person that's been dead a long time already. Soulless. Not negative. They have their memories, voice, personality and carry on with that body.

[@steveburke7675]

...in many cases like this the grifter offers a 15-20-25% ROI. That should raise an eyebrow...that should make you walk away.

[@meera2531]

​@@steveburke7675 well said

[@simonacland9028]

This happened to my parents in 2005 and they lost everything absolutely completely and had to start again in their 40s. Good thing is my mum knows people and works in law ;) dude is in jail🎉

[@hammadmangat248]

Both the parents and her fraud husband should be held accountable for the actions of this woman and they should also be held liable to pay back the hard earned money of the people who blindly trusted her

[@shanelewis7555]

are you being serious it’s got fuck all to do with her mother or father they got scammed there self’s so why should they be held accountable!!

[@jcs3330]

Unless the parents can be proven accomplices, they should not be held responsible. Although I do believe one all 'available ' money has been recouped by the sale of all of Mallisa's property, the money should be split equally or calculated by the sum of their total loss (with the exception of it not exceeding their original total financial loss). It does make sense that the auditors should be held partly responsible (because they are policing it), they can also afford it being a multi-million dollar auditing company. But has previously mentioned, the only people at the moment gaining financially from this is all the clients lawyers. Whatever way you look at it, they all need to get their money back in full.

[@yoteonthetoobs]

Well it's a great thing you're an internet commenter nobody and not somebody with power to have any say in this. Peak stupidity

[@simonfea2]

Seems like her parents taught her everything they knew about conning others.

[@chuckyyes]

wish that were my parents. Sounds like some useful parents, that you could learn off of

[@Mac-zl4po]

The apartment was separate to the fake financial services she was offering. She legit bought a unit with mortgage and the parents paid 1 million to the bank - not the scam account

[@andoncroft5154]

Jennifer you coffee guzzler how are ya mate 🤗

[@andoncroft5154]

Jennifer and me hunting wanted criminals together, for huge cash rewards 😁

[@lindaj171]

The parents give birth to, and raised a monster that got unleashed on unsuspecting people, to their detriment. If I had raised a child like that, I would want those people to be compensated as much as possible. I think the apple 🍎didn't fall far from the parental tree 🌳. The parents have no shame and they deserve to be ostracized by all their relatives.

[@M_SC]

Narcissists like her are made not born. Made from emotional neglect of parents.

[@M_SC]

That’s evident in their current selfishness, that they always put themselves first and that’s why their kid became a narcissist

[@RK-su4hs]

always so easy to condemn others “ your children come not from you, but through you they are life’s longing for itself “

[@tofurakhanom2644]

Very well said

[@godsentjesustosetusallfree9859]

She was an adult. He parents shouldn't be blamed for her choices.

[@meowmeowrawrrrmeow]

A chunk of my heart will always be with these victims. They did not deserve this. May God help these people locate all the missing assets to allow for a speedy repayment.

[@zarbon700]

Columbo needs to investigate this "death".

[@pjk1714]

Very surprised the husband isn't liable for anything. Did he know and was just on the ride until she warned he would be an accomplice? I never thought suicide, someone that self-serving would rarely take their own life. The parents mindset sums up her's, just not their problem and what's in it for them. Amazing how money can be covered in blood and just be washed.

[@M_SC]

I thought so too before I learned more. He is intellectually disabled, or has a very very low IQ to the point of it being the same thing. it’s just that his family doesn’t see the need to label him with that, perhaps to spare his feelings. If you learn more it becomes apparent.

[@happydayz7857]

@@M_SC she picked a really sucker

[@kdlee3316]

The husband is a victim, conned by her

[@HollyLittlefield-og3yp]

His headlines will read 'poor man didn't know anything was wrong'

[@Maya_Pinion]

Hey, like Adolph,she might be living footless in south America.

[@jamesdavis8021]

Family will steal from you,knowing that you are more likely to trust them over a stranger

[@Sammy-lz1vi]

It's very hard to get over a scammer. Very. The pain it causes is just out of this world.

[@bobbobertson7568]

No need to hand over your money to some small time manager, unless you're seeking impossible returns from your retirement. Put it with Schwab, Fidelity in a target date fund and forget about it.

[@jtsbrin]

The old saying goes... "Apples do not fall far from the tree." As the parents are greedy and selfish, their daughter lived a selfish greedy life.

[@barneyronnie]

Some people believe that personal wealth is suggestive of intelligence. Money does NOT confer intellectual ability.😮

[@newjack1982]

What a horrible person smh. Greed is a deadly sin for a reason

[@rayray8137]

And the greedy will not enter his kingdom, she's def in hell

[@artisthusnatalal3099]

​@@rayray8137I actually don't believe she's dead

[@rayray8137]

@@artisthusnatalal3099 either way the bible says the vile will not enter his Kingdom 🤷🤷🤷

[@Mischa21xo]

@@rayray8137 Neither will most of the people on this earth right now, including supposed Christians. Most people are unrepentant and live in constant sin- watching xxx videos or looking up pictures on Instagram to jack off to, sleeping with many partners before marriage, having children before marriage, lying, stealing, being jealous or envious of others or what other people have and hating them for it, not forgiving others for what they have done to you, vaping or smoking cigarettes, smoking weed & drinking alcohol....yeah... Most people are not even CLOSE to living the life God wants them to live, and they have no relationship with him either- yet they celebrate when others are damned for eternity, just ASSUMING that they will not enter into the same fate. It's nothing to smile or be happy about, no matter what that person did when they were here on this Earth, that is eternity, never-ending torment... It breaks God's heart for every soul that does not enter into heaven, and it breaks mine as well.. he certainly isn't celebrating, so I'm not going to either.

[@clareshaughnessy2745]

Yeah? I actually have a feeling it’s a ‘deadly sin’ in the bible so that the masses remain satisfied with their lot.

[@bryannag.]

i feel so sad for all the victims of this. I really hope something great comes out of this and they can get most of their money back 😢

[@philipseballos8892]

Here in our city in Iloilo,the Philippines,a couple are users and discreet with their evil schemes.They own people money big time.Worse,they act innocent and find ways to evade their evil scheme like: Love you and earn your trust then...........they "workout"their agenda

[@triciahlongwa6383]

The auditors should definitely be sued as well, either they didn't do a job they were paid for or they were in on it, either way they should pay the consequences of their actions or lack thereof

[@74KU]

Legally they are fine, their job is to liquidate assets not get top dollar for them, its no different than a bank foreclosure.. unless you think banks all need suing too..

[@nutbuster66684]

@@74KU I think they are referring to the auditors who (I assume) were either hired or required to oversee her books while she was actively "investing".

[@theoztreecrasher2647]

@@nutbuster66684 No doubt, but probably your own mistake is in "assuming" that anybody posting on KZbin comments would have the nouse to understand the differences between "liquidators" after the fact and "auditors" before the fact. 😉

[@michelleobrien6996]

However, is it part of their job to verify if receipts and other documents presented to them are genuine or forged? Forging documents was clearly one of her skills.

[@nutbuster66684]

@@michelleobrien6996 Yes it is definitely part of the auditors job to verify that the documents are legitimate. I'd be interested to know what extent they are expected to go to in order to verify a document's legitimacy. Unfortunately suing the auditors is likely to drain even more of the victim's reclaimed assets so it may not be worth it anyway.

[@Anna.Mason151]

I hope they do find a legitimate case against the auditors for all of Melisa’s victims.

[@Anna.Mason151]

Because guess what….??……where they have let one slip through there will be others.

[@laurarudolph7451]

My best friends Dad did same thing. Even had balls to ask his sons girlfriends parents he had been dating since like 6th grade for like 8 9 years.they were dating at the time. Thank god they said no.

[@africabyliesel]

The love of money and material things makes people do crazy things 😢

[@rosa-belle]

Auditors are suspicious, charged her to 'look' over her books YEARLY and never found out her scam?

[@goldenautumn3073]

Having lots of other people's money it seems protects some from the law.

[@always_b_natural703]

If you think you can't be scammed, you're more likely to be taken advantage of because you're completely discounting that possibility. My friends were scammed by one of the largest, oldest and most well known financial institutions in the world. Melissa used exactly the same methods that were used on my friends. They're age old, well tested and effective because human nature is as it is - unchanged for millenia.

[@barneyronnie]

Greed😮

[@steib294]

Why is the headline titled "officially dead" when there is no body of hers just a foot...she could still be alive overseas.

[@goldenautumn3073]

Exactly.

[@ruthharris9664]

People like this is why others grow cold and refuse to help others

[@apbpa5042]

In order to be cruel to your friends and family, you can't have a conscience. She picked her victims well as well.

[@pmd1933]

People like her ruin it for real financial advisors. Greed is real and now wexknow she gets it from her parents. They are practically in the grave and still expect their money back in full. The apple doesn't fall too far from the tree.

[@sashamoore9691]

Financial advisors are idiots and rarely out perform the market. Anyone that still uses one is dumb too😊

[@74KU]

"real financial advisors" what like the ones that work at Super companies and can't seem to make better than $300 in 10 years on your investment.. yeah I am sure they are all super legit.

[@pmd1933]

@@74KU lol!! Ya well greedy people think they can double their money with scammers. Legit deals with the market and ya sometimes you money don't go up but atleast you know where your money is and if you want it back you will get it. Such a stupid thing to say its as if you support ponzi

[@_Woo]

She definitely learned her morals from her parents

[@meeeeeeeeeeeep]

I fully believe that she's still alive. A foot isn't enough to rule it out, however she knew it would so it was a sacrifice she was willing to make to perpetuate her cons.

[@thatonethisone5904]

So many people with no ideas about lockdown conditions in Australia at that time, and also amputation, like it would’ve been all so easy….

[@goldenautumn3073]

Who can say it was definitely HER foot remains? When one has much money, as all criminals know, other people can be 'bought'.

[@sharontarin1310]

Really feel for the people who were duped. It wasn't their fault. People like this are very good at convincing others.

[@simonslater9024]

What you say is true to a point but don’t forget she played on their greed as well. Please read my comment thank you. (she’s now in HELL. Most soul’s in HELL didn’t believe in HELL when alive on earth!). God bless.

[@Visionofthehague]

Dont trust the weather, dont trust women and dont always trust family.

[@peterbradshaw8018]

Stop the nonsense you have to trust someone you do it every day have to do it unless you would end up in a psychiatric ward. Drive a car recently yeah and did you conduct engineering tests on all the apparatus. You chances are not even competent to do the necessary tests. Money in the bank you of course did a forensic audit on the institution.

[@peterbradshaw8018]

Now it is greedy to want a good return on investment. That is the rationalization of every conman. The Yellow Kid said as much in his book Ponzi I think said that too. It's the victims falt.

[@peterbradshaw8018]

I am glad you realize the circumstances. My probing mindset pisses off both family and friends. I now recognize these people are good so I study the cases going back to John Law. A book called Facts Failures and Frauds sent me down this pathway. Ivar Krueger the Swede. Bernie Cornfeld Robert Vesco. Frauds in my home country of Jamaica David Smith of Olint Carlos Hill of Cash Plus. I am combing the Common Wealth. The central bank of Surinam got scammed by the former central bank governor. Dovetail all these studies with the deadly triad of personality disorders written on by Dr Hare out of Vancover and the exploits of short sellers like Carson Block.

[@Daniela-Christianson]

Her parents should be greatly ashamed of their late daughter's actions, instead of demanding an unfair share of the decreased value of all the things she selfishly purchased from stolen money. The attorney's comment that victims should "swallow the bitter pill and get on with it" is absurd. Would he be willing to do that with HIS life savings? Or maybe "swallow the bitter pill" and give up some of his take? Hail no he wouldn't! Also, I don't believe the victims will be getting 45% back after the parents' settlement. He's probably overinflating that number for the camera.

[@kaysamuels1995]

Having dealt with lawyers many years ago, i can tell you they are probably worse than Melissa, they charge absolutely ridiculous prices for their services, $300,000 in a case, and if it goes on no money will be left for anyone, but the Solicitors, Barrister's and Queens Council.

[@74KU]

@@kaysamuels1995 Yeah, yet we are all losing the plot over a single private "fraudster" when the entire "system" is rigged.. people are dumb as fuck.

[@michelleobrien6996]

​@@kaysamuels1995 I totally agree. My experience is that when lawyers (and some accountants) are involved, you end up with a bigger problem with the lawyers than you had with the other party in the first place.

[@thatonethisone5904]

Why should they be ? It was their adult daughters choices, not theirs

[@Daniela-Christianson]

@@thatonethisone5904 For one thing, they put their million dollar property in HER name, so that was their choice, probably as a tax shelter. Also, wouldn't you feel at the very least bad that your children, adult or not, were committing serious crime? I would. They're only in the world because you made them. For them to want the lion's share of their money back, while everyone else she stole from plays a waiting game for part or even little restitution, is especially vile.

[@eckankar7756]

I see where she learned to scam, from her parents.

[@campbellzachc]

Melissa's family should absorb the damages and be forced to pay the victims their remaining balance due. Judges needs to do better.

[@sickdevil14]

I believe she had an emergency exit strategy. My theory is she hired a boat to wisk her away. She was on the boat with a bag that contained cash / gold / diamonds, basically an untraceable portable fortune. The boat captain knew she had this with her and knew nobody knew were she was, so he killed her and stole the money. Dumped her overboard. He probably still operates a boat in the area.

[@Heidikins64]

Interesting hypothesis

[@barneyronnie]

Smart captain😂

[@floodwaters8887]

She killed her self, jumped off a cliff, most likely scenario anyway

[@ziskabrits618]

😂😂😂😂

[@healingandgrowth-infp4677]

They found her remains watch the video 🙄

[@YesItsReallyKeith]

WOW so surprise we can write comments on this channel finally THANK YOU !!!! so the medical examiner not declaring suicide sure hit a nerve with Koletti !! got physical with the reporters !!!!

[@lee-ln5bg]

Not on the live.

[@YesItsReallyKeith]

@@lee-ln5bg oh, ok i had no idea there was a difference !! thanks man !! but I never saw any that I could comment on so was totally surprised to see this !! cheers !!!

[@lee-ln5bg]

@@YesItsReallyKeith Heineken

[@6by6by6]

You can’t claim to be a victim when pure greed clouds your judgement.

[@Papario1113]

"It's not about whats fair Tom". What an answer, what a deflection from the parents selfish behaviour. The money should be divided equally, in fact if i was her parent i wouldn't want any money back, I would take some responsibility and show some empathy for the victims that their daughter failed to show. Narcissists can breed narcissists...

[@tiffanystarbeck2279]

Wow. Open comments! I can’t believe her husband isn’t liable for anything. So sorry for her son!

[@sell3100]

Maybe they haven't found anything to pin on him at this point?

[@pamelacupcakes4539]

My uncal stole heaps of money from his company he worked at and was sending it over to a Canada bank account. She never knew etc didn't put 2 and 2 together when he got a brand new car and some brand new items etc. Then one day the cops knocked on their door looking for him by this stage my Aunty told them that he went to NSW for 3 days for a working trip, Turns out he went to Canada to live without her knowing. She still lives in the house he paid off with some of the money etc. Maybe he didn't know she was a conwomen she could of conned her own husband

[@EllisG893]

She robbed her own parents...who wouldnt she robbed?!!!! If she's dead its not hard to think that foul play is involved. So sad, a son is left without a mother and its only a matter of time before he hears what she has done to his grandparents and other famiy members

[@M_SC]

I’ve learned everything about this case. It’s suicide.

[@patriciamorrell4954]

Absolutely shocking.

[@sharontarin1310]

Didn't realise she had a child. How old is he?

[@EllisG893]

I don't remember if they revealed his age...Google states he's 14 but not the husband's child.

[@EllisG893]

​@@M_SCit's possible but just hard to imagine that such a charismatic women who seemingly looked okay committed suicide...

[@velvetteloverr]

So a whole bunch of rich people got ripped off by another rich person? Tough life…

[@tatata1543]

The thing is she was never going to get away with it forever so did she have an exit plan?

[@ViperOptix]

Didn't they only find a foot? I'm sure you could pay a underworld doctor to surgically remove a foot and then stage it like a death . wouldn't be surprised if she is still alive overseas.

[@pamelacupcakes4539]

Yeah apparently only a foot they found. She conned people for a living i am sure she could con people of her own death.

[@goldenautumn3073]

May not even BE her foot. We live in a very corrupt age.

[@BLURTHEGHOST]

Can't stand a THIEF😡

[@arfriedman4577]

This is very sad she took money from people with no intention of investing it. There have been people in the usa that did the same or similar crime. Very sad.

[@audiovideophile5317]

The parents are as bad as their daughter. Throw them out and sell it off to pay the people who have NOTHING. The parents should have some money somewhere else. They should have some monthly checks from retirement coming in. They do not deserve to profit from their daughter. It's not even in their name. They DON'T OWN IT. And they DON'T need a luxury apartment either, esp at their ages.

[@Jason-by4ji]

How could any Auditor sign off fraud like that, they need to be made an example of and pay for their sins, my sympathy lies with the victims, exl her parents, they have no integrity.

[@M_SC]

There’s a small chance the husband killed her but what no one ever says directly but his own father has said in other words is that Anthony is intellectually on the border of being disabled.

[@MagicStove]

I saw that clip, he said something along the lines of- Anthony is not that smart and would believe what he was told (by her).

[@NLR759]

Yes, he was a trophy husband. She chose him because he’s gullible and easily duped.

[@1STGeneral]

​@LisaR777 Didn't he have money from grandma to invest ?

[@charlieballantry5971]

A fool and their money are easily parted.

[@user-io8bm6gz5z]

boy oh boy, those parents certainly raised some quality children

[@marianicholls2741]

Well you can see where Melissa gets her nature from!.The money from what ever Melissa's parents buy, or savings, should be redistrubited to all the victims when they die. But of course they'll use it or spend it. She still may be alive somewhere but her husband is a real shady dodgy character. His father whenninterviewed was also very careful about what he said. Dodgy all of it.!!!!!

[@Gurl-5150]

The parents are no better than she, the fact that they want THEIR money off the TOP is DISGUSTING.

[@trentfrancis4646]

They are the tree that Melissa fell from

[@joanarc7963]

She ripped her parents off

[@joanarc7963]

Did you not watch the whole thing? She ripped them off also

[@sell3100]

The parents have the right to have their own money back, they were also ripped off.

[@pamelacupcakes4539]

No if it was my daughter i would be bloody ashamed and would be wanting to help those who she had ripped off before myself. But they fell for her as well. She made them sell their family home to move closer to her and for them to be in some big apartment. they thought the house was under their name and thought it was all theirs. But they was fooled because she had everything under her name and well she wasted half their money on jewellery and expensive things

[@ameliashostak4764]

Nice to see comments turned on for this video! Also people just remember, if something seems too good to be true, it probably is! I'll just leave that there.

[@vyvienvp3413]

What a vile human being, after causing so much pain and suffering, seems someone decided to give her victims some justice. Though I doubt any of them are as callous as she, to take comfort from her untimely death.

[@debboyea9567]

Very interesting! I hope this case succeeds in getting everyones money back.

[@blasphemertheseventh]

That loser husband needs to be charged as an accomplice to her financial crimes. He was definitely in on the scheme.

[@sell3100]

Only if they can actually find something to pin on him otherwise he can't be charged with anything.

[@PeteDavidson-yl3ps]

How many people out there would have their “ foot “ cut off (by a private Doctor/Surgeon) for 20 million? or lots of cash and a new life no prison time…. So what you have a prosthetic, you cut off the left foot so you can still drive your Ferrari with your new identity in a country with no extradition treaty with Australia. These are the Countries the Police should be looking for her. It’s a foot not a leg or arm way too thought out months if not years ahead, well planned way to easy to disappear.

[@a.walters123]

People can still survive without a foot… she’s a conwoman facing a life in prison. Better to lose a foot than spend your life behind bars

[@moneytttt1140]

Not in Australia would have got 5 years its a soft liberal colony

[@ArohaStill]

She would need someone with a medical background and a surgical facility to amputate her foot and the recovery would take a long time. You do know that in water that the feet are the first thing to detach from a body and Any Corner could look at her foot and ankle and know exactly how it detached and it was natural. Also the money she had hidden away was not hidden very well and please have been able to access most of it so she wouldn't really have anything to live off of

[@thehangmansdaughter1120]

Someone killed her? That sounds like the consequences of her own actions. Her parents should be living in shame, not a penthouse. They raised a greedy, lying thief. She didn't get those traits from a cornflakes box now did she?

[@thatonethisone5904]

She’s the type that would’ve wuietly 5ought all along if she got found out she’d just run off that cliff, simple as that

[@OzzieJohnny]

One of the 2 I wonder if the foot was cut of or chomped by a shark

[@Lore3440]

Why would someone who decides to commit su*c*de avoid cameras or was it just luck?When she left the house at 5:30 that morning not 1 camera on any of the neighbouring properties picked her up walking/jogging down the street. However no1 seen her leave the house, her son said he heard to front door shut so he assumed it was his mom going for her morning jog.Reports say that not all the area has CCTV cameras but an extensive portion does & still she was not seen.When she was classified as being just missing every $ she stole in every account she had was frozen,no1 could touch any of that $. Then 3 months later a foot shows up on a beach 500k away from Dover Heights near the area she used to go to as a child, no longer a missing person the $ is released. I think its possible she was m*rdered, after all this time the only remains found was that foot, just enough for her to go from being missing to being dead. The rest could be buried somewhere. As for parents getting 95% & the rest getting 30-40%, i think that bs. They shouldn't be treated any different than the rest of her victims. If they get more, than they r benefiting from their daughters crimes. The only way we give up our condo is if we get 950k? well thats extortion. Makes me think the apple didn't fall all that far from the tree.

[@sheilanjoki7028]

So these parents want the investors to pay them whatever percentage their own daughter ripped them off. That's wrong in so many ways...........

[@johnmuster2996]

cynicism tells me this woman is alive, laughing and living somewhere in South America..

[@heather7044]

I’m sure she’s not dead. She bought an island somewhere with the rest of the cash. She swindled from everybody else and she’s living the best life.

[@elenawilliams32]

Her foot was found.

[@healingandgrowth-infp4677]

They found her remains. Why does everyone comment before watching the video.

[@1STGeneral]

​@@healingandgrowth-infp4677 Why are you stalking 🤔 the comments ? Do you walk with a limp ? 😊

[@ohsoyouthinkyoucandance]

@@1STGeneral omg 😅

[@emmaleebuzzard1023]

I’m shocked the husband and brother were not arrested.

[@Phoenix_cataclysm_in_2040]

Quite. 🤔

[@aggie6561]

you are in an AAAMAZING shape Cheryl... You are such a inspiration. thanks for all your content.

[@MyFavouriteStation]

Canadian here, tuning into this story for the first time. Firstly, I feel terrible for all of the victims, and really hope everyone gets what they deserve, positive and otherwise. Secondly, I don't think its foul play. Without knowing anything about this woman outside of this, ending her life would be yet another escape, and with herself in control of her outcome. Not having to face the victims, or the consequences of riches to prison. I doubt she would let herself go to jail. She may have had enough cash money to escape, but perhaps she never planned for that.

[@andyroo9381]

It would be interesting if 60 Minutes Australia, or some other news agency, could do a piece on how Melissa Caddick was as a child, young girl and young woman, growing up. Was she a bully? Attention seeker? Aspirational? Did she have a history of taking from other people and only keeping it for herself? I guess I'm asking for an in depth analysis of her behavior during her formative years. Lastly, I am an American. I really enjoy 60 Minutes Australia! I wish I could move there and live out my retirement years.

[@frankculaga5169]

"Attention seeker? Aspirational? Did she have a history of taking from other people and only keeping it for herself?" Mistress Harley does a lot of that.

[@katiemurray7811]

The Sydney Morning Herald has done a very good podcast called Liar,Liar, which does a deep dive into her early life. I found it to be absolutely fascinating. .

[@jaybarkjaybark7091]

There are a lot of snakes and spiders there😅.Just wanted to let me know.Oh,snakes and spiders are not so dangerous than gun violence in America so good luck in Australia 🤓

[@earnold1896]

@@jaybarkjaybark7091... barely any accommodation in Australia too, just like USA these days.

[@simonslater9024]

This evil woman no matter her childhood/upbringing new exactly what she was doing and didn’t give a damn. Now she’s in HELL. (most soul’s in HELL didn’t believe in HELL when alive on earth!). Please be so kind and read my comment thank you and God bless.

[@murraymclean9072]

The devastation of having your savings or inheritance frittered away by someone you trusted..

[@janneal9156]

Yes but how stupid to entrust someone with all your money ....

[@1966pennylane]

And she had such monumental bad taste… In everything.

[@Yourdreamguy286]

Her husband knows 💯 on what happend and that's why he lied about It. He was probably well aware of her scams, why else would he lie about knowing her movements the days leading up to her "disappearance"

[@marlinfisher2529]

In my opinion she would of had food amputated at a top hospital in 5 star comfort then preserved. The amputated foot would then be made to look like not was not surgically removed and dumped where it would be found. It was found a substantial amount of time after she disappeared = very suspicious.

[@maddyc2412]

Nah too many people at the hospital would have come forward

[@sarahs2288]

You realize you can’t just walk into a hospital as a completely healthy person and have them amputate a foot, right?