I thought I had read the warrant was revoked?
Found Deceased Australia - Melissa Caddick, 49, Sydney, NSW, 12 Nov 2020 #7
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SLouTh
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It has been revoked RedR ....
But the criminal charges are new ...... even though they are posthumous....
All I want is some news.
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Maybe after the court case on Tuesday???? But I'm not expecting much.....
However when the Affidavits lodged last week, by ASIC, become available, there may be news of Melissa's actual criminal dealings in there.....
But as for a definitive answer as to what has happened to MC, then unless more of her body is found then I don't think there will be answers.... any time soon.... sadly ...
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I wonder what is going to happen with those criminal charges. Are they redundant?
In the US, they would be. I am not finding anything relevant in Australian law.
In the US they might be beneficial to Melissa's family.
Has anyone found any Australian law about them?
Now that he’s dead, he’s no longer a criminal. A jury may have found Ken Lay guilty while he was still alive, but he never received a formal judgment of conviction. (That would have come when the judge handed down the sentence in the October.) Since Lay died before that happened, it’s just like he was never found guilty at all.
Why can't the government take money from a dead criminal?
The death of an accused before the end of a criminal trial would ordinarily abate the trial. The issue of the accused’s guilt, and the need to punish the accused and protect the public, becomes academic upon the death of an accused.
What Happens to Criminal Charges when the Accused is Deceased? | Yossi
In the US, they would be. I am not finding anything relevant in Australian law.
In the US they might be beneficial to Melissa's family.
Has anyone found any Australian law about them?
Now that he’s dead, he’s no longer a criminal. A jury may have found Ken Lay guilty while he was still alive, but he never received a formal judgment of conviction. (That would have come when the judge handed down the sentence in the October.) Since Lay died before that happened, it’s just like he was never found guilty at all.
Why can't the government take money from a dead criminal?
The death of an accused before the end of a criminal trial would ordinarily abate the trial. The issue of the accused’s guilt, and the need to punish the accused and protect the public, becomes academic upon the death of an accused.
What Happens to Criminal Charges when the Accused is Deceased? | Yossi
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Let's look at this section of MC's spending:
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Alleged Ponzi operator Veronica Macpherson poised for return to business (msn.com)
'A woman accused of running an alleged Ponzi scheme in Western Australia's Pilbara region is poised to make a fresh start in business, vowing she has done nothing wrong.
Most of the investors who contributed more than $120 million to Veronica Macpherson's Macro Group of companies are likely to never see their money again.
Ms Macpherson is preparing to be discharged from her three-year bankruptcy, while investigations by the corporate watchdog into her Macro Group business dealings are continuing.'
'Although she is permanently banned from providing financial services, she is still committed to her plan to develop Pilbara housing, allowing fly-in, fly-out mine workers to shift to the region, via a co-operative company structure.'
This article is worth reading, as Miss Macpherson's mindset is tailormade for a scammer... not unlike Melissa..
I was intrigued by this as the woman's penalty was chicken feed.. It was nothing. Melissa must have known this, was it worth her life?.. It hardly seems that way to me, but I acknowledge that it may well be to someone slightly unhinged...
'A woman accused of running an alleged Ponzi scheme in Western Australia's Pilbara region is poised to make a fresh start in business, vowing she has done nothing wrong.
Most of the investors who contributed more than $120 million to Veronica Macpherson's Macro Group of companies are likely to never see their money again.
Ms Macpherson is preparing to be discharged from her three-year bankruptcy, while investigations by the corporate watchdog into her Macro Group business dealings are continuing.'
'Although she is permanently banned from providing financial services, she is still committed to her plan to develop Pilbara housing, allowing fly-in, fly-out mine workers to shift to the region, via a co-operative company structure.'
This article is worth reading, as Miss Macpherson's mindset is tailormade for a scammer... not unlike Melissa..
I was intrigued by this as the woman's penalty was chicken feed.. It was nothing. Melissa must have known this, was it worth her life?.. It hardly seems that way to me, but I acknowledge that it may well be to someone slightly unhinged...
The motive - suicide versus murder... murder wins.
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Was just reading about this on ABC.... (Thanks Troop)
And noticed this.....
Yet in a welcome development, some Australian investors have received their money back with interest, via Australian and state government-funded compensation schemes for victims of unlawful business behaviour.
Hopefully Melissa's investors can access this scheme too.
Alleged Ponzi operator Veronica Macpherson poised for return to business - ABC News
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Mr M, and everyone, what makes you lean towards murder rather than suicide in this case??
Are you thinking its purely based on more people with "motive" with what MC has done to them re financial ruin? Or something else?
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I have believed it to be murder, from the get go. That she is a victim. Not a very appealing victim, but a victim , none the less.. None of this makes any kind of rationale at all.
But if the police persist with the suicide scenario, who am I to disagree?... ...
For me.. it's her life as she lived it... the tremendous display, the rabid hoarding and collecting of jewels, shoes, handbags, necklaces, Dior, Chanel, the dogs, the cars, the school for the son, the ..... .. the manner of the way of death , that she chose, according to police, and others... that doesn't jell, for me. For what it's worth.
Also, she must have made many , many enemies along the way. And sure, we hear from cantankerous, and rightly so, 'former investors'.. very controlled in their disparagement, .. but there are people out there who will never advertise their fury. ..
If I can put it this way, her chosen path in life, and the way she chose to display that profit from that scamming placed her in a position to have more enemies , truly lethal enemies than your average Dover Heights housewife. .
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Unless this is a diversion??? While they steadily investigate the possibility of "murder" ???
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Great points here Troop......
And this combined with the fact MC "flaunted" her "wealth" (from ill gotten gains) in their faces.... This is the part that "astounds" me....
Which might be a reason for the criminal prosecution--to legally establish that the investors were victims of unlawful behaviour and are therefore eligible for compensation.
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Yes this is what I am thinking - that the police are encouraging the media to say they believe MC suicided but they are really watching potential suspects hoping they slip up and examining CCTV, computers and phones.
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Straight up 'stelle.
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