Police are seeking an apprehended violence order (AVO) against the husband of Sydney fraudster Melissa Caddick, to protect a woman investigating her multi-million-dollar "Ponzi scheme".
An application requesting the AVO was filed against Anthony Koletti on Tuesday in a bid to protect Isabella Allen, who is leading the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation into his wife.
According to NSW Police, an AVO can be sought if someone has been the victim of "physical assault, threats of physical harm, stalking, intimidation or harassment and has a reasonable fear to believe that this behaviour will continue".
Ms Caddick, 49, disappeared from her Dover Heights home in November 2020 after posing as a financial adviser and leaving 72 investors more than $23 million out of pocket.
ASIC alleges Ms Caddick was misappropriating investor funds through her financial services company, Maliver Pty Ltd, and operating without a licence.
In court, lawyers acting for ASIC have described Ms Caddick's frauds as "a Ponzi scheme".
Ms Caddick's decomposed foot was later found on Bournda Beach near Tathra, about 500km from Sydney, three months after she went missing.
That development prompted police to say she was dead.
Initially, Mr Koletti was granted access to limited funds for living expenses and to support Ms Caddick's son.
However, that arrangement ceased after a court order was made.
The matter will be heard before Sydney's Downing Centre Local Court on February 23.
No provisional orders have been made at this stage.
Last week, liquidator Bruce Gleeson from Jones Partners announced two luxury cars owned by Ms Caddick's company would go under the hammer later this month.
A 2016 Audi R8 V10 and 2016 Mercedes-Benz CLA45 AMG will be auctioned online at 6pm on February 21.
Ms Caddick's five-bedroom family home in Dover Heights, which was bought for $6.2 million in 2014, is also expected to go on the market in the coming months, as is a penthouse apartment in Edgecliff.
