The high profile disappearance of Sydney con-artist Melissa Caddick is set to be transformed into an Underbelly type TV series next year.
Actress Kate Atkinson, of Wentworth fame, will be the star of Underbelly: Vanishing Act, with veteran Australian actor Colin Friels to also play a key role.
Other confirmed actors on board for the Channel Nine production include Tai Hara from Home and Away as well Maya Stange, Sophie Bloom and Ursula Mills.
Ms Caddick, 49, is missing presumed dead, having last been seen alive in November 2020 and only one of her limbs was ever found.
The financial conwoman scammed 60 clients out of at least $23milion, mostly from family and friends over a number of years, before ASIC raided her $6.8 million Dover Heights home, in Sydney's east.
Actress Kate Atkinson will play the lead role of con-woman Melissa Caddick in Channel 9's TV series Underbelly: Vanishing Act in 2022
Veteran Australian actor Colin Friels has also been cast to feature in the TV series next year
Con-woman Melissa Caddick scammed 60 clients out of at least $23milion, mostly from family and friends over a number of years
In scenes reminiscent of a Hollywood blockbuster, Ms Caddick’s foot was then found by campers at Bournda Beach on February 21, south of Tathra on the NSW south coast, with NSW police then declaring her dead.
The shoe also located was a unique ASICS sneaker - which Ms Caddick had previously been seen wearing - can only be purchased in Israel.
Further bodily remains of Ms Caddick have never been located, and she was farewelled at a private service in April.
Her first known swindle was petty embezzlement in 1998, with her silver tongue often resulting in her talking her way out of trouble - until last year.
Ms Caddick's crime was a detailed Ponzi scheme involving 60 friends and family, totalling $30 million - only $7 million of which was ever repaid. The rest of the
