The founder of monetary tech firm Wisr has died of a coronary heart assault at simply 46 years outdated.
Anthony Nantes was one week into his vacation in Sri Lanka when he suffered a deadly medical episode earlier this month.
His family members quietly knowledgeable household and buddies of his passing earlier than the information was aired on Sunday.
Mr Nantes’ dying comes somewhat over a yr after he was dismissed as Wisr’s chief government over a office affair in August 2023.
He was later accused of harassing and stalking his mistress.
Mr Nantes’ affair with a youthful feminine colleague started in 2019 whereas he was married with kids.
When the girl threatened to inform his spouse of the affair, Mr Nantes despatched 50 emails in in the future and visited her house.
He spent 11 days in custody on remand earlier than he was launched on bail for the matter.
Anthony Nantes (pictured together with his estranged spouse, Cassi, and their kids) died of a coronary heart assault earlier this month
A Justice of the Peace later informed Mr Nantes he’d ‘introduced it on himself’ and sentenced him to a six-month good behaviour bond.
Mr Nantes’ lawyer had submitted a psychiatric report back to court docket as he utilized for the matter to be handled below psychological well being provisions.
In response to the report, Mr Nantes informed his psychiatrist Dr Olav Nielssen that his spouse began to suspect he was being untrue about six months into the affair when she returned house early in the future and noticed his mistress leaving their home.
He informed Mr Nielssen that after that incident, his relationship together with his feminine staffer grew to become ‘traumatic and abusive’.
‘He mentioned that she repeatedly threatened to inform his spouse about their continued contact and in addition to inform the board of the corporate, and used these threats to extort sums of cash from him,’ the report reads.
‘He mentioned that he paid [her] lease, transferred $10,000 value of cryptocurrency for her, and spent hundreds of {dollars} within the type of occasions and journeys.’
Mr Nantes additional informed Mr Neilssen that the staffer’s police report centred on occasions that happened within the 4 months main as much as March 2023 – nonetheless, the pair remained on good phrases afterwards and even holidayed abroad collectively.
‘They continued to see one another at work most days, and in June 2023, she flew to Italy to fulfill him they usually had been once more intimate,’ the report continued.
Mr Nantes (pictured in February 2024) was sentenced to a six-month good behaviour bond after stalking his mistress
‘Nonetheless, he mentioned that two days after she arrived, there was an argument about their future, throughout which he informed her that he was going to admit to his spouse and that he wouldn’t pay her any extra money.
‘He mentioned that she used his bank card to pay for a flight house by way of Bali, and after she returned to Australia, she went to police.’
Wisr on the time mentioned its board ‘had shaped a view over current months that Anthony was unable to carry out the function of CEO to the extent required’.
A service for Mr Nantes will likely be held in mid-Could in Sydney’s jap suburbs.
His soccer membership, Manly Vale, held a minute of silence for him on Saturday.
Wisr is an Australian non-bank lending service.
Mr Nantes based the fintech firm in 2018 after rebranding DirectMoney Finance to Wisr Finance.
It was Australia’s first ASX-listed digital lender.
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