The husband of fraudster Melissa Caddick has asked for the Federal Court action against him to be dropped.
The conwoman, 49, was last seen leaving her $15 million property in Dover Heights in Sydney’s eastern suburbs on November 11, 2020.
Caddick was being investigated by Australian Investment and Securities Commission (ASIC) before her disappearance and was accused of stealing millions of dollars from her victims – mostly friends and family – to fund her lifestyle.
She disappeared a day after the raid and her hairdresser husband Anthony Koletti, 39, has been dismissed of any wrongdoing.
ASIC estimated that Caddick owed $23 million and seized various assets which also saw her husband caught in the mix.
Mr Koletti was ordered in May to move out of the mega-million mansion which cost only $6.2 million in 2014 which Caddick bought from unsuspected investors.
He agreed to move out but also argued that he was entitled to the $4 million Edgecliff apartment, $7 million in shares and $2 million in jewellery and clothes, news.com.au reported.
The court documents also showed that Mr Koletti asked for almost $100,000 worth of “personal property” to be returned to him.
The Edgecliff property includes five paintings, jewellery, Mr Koletti’s $26,500 wedding band as well as a Gucci wedding dress.
On Wednesday, the court heard that Mr Koletti wanted the legal proceedings against him dropped, the publication reported.
His lawyer Judy Swan said that the property was not as valuable as he thought and of no concern, particularly after how the media portrayed him.
The request is being considered and Ms Swan is hoping for the proceedings to be dropped by the time the case returns to court on July 25.
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