A decade before conwoman Melissa Caddick swindled a massive $23 million from investors, the notorious fraud cheated her friends out of a measly $50 in a shameless scam to avoid paying for a joint birthday present.
Caddick, 49, vanished from her Sydney mansion in November 2020, hours after authorities executed a search warrant on her Dover Heights home and revealed they had caught on to her Ponzi-style scheme.
Her detached and decomposing foot was found by campers on a NSW beach three months…
