Let's imagine Bernie Madoff telling the feds, "Hey, I know how to invest. Let me make everyone whole again."

Instead, we had this:

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-recovering-madoff-mo...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recovery_of_funds_from_the_Mad...

So some future Irving Picard will have the task of getting people some of their money back. I wouldn't want that job.