Madoff is small potato compared to the real, all-time crook, the US banks. The abettors are of course, the Federal Reserve, the Congress, the Administration, The Justice Department, Treasury Secretary, and all the idiotic regulatory agencies.
I like this interview:
http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/worse-u-banks-bernie-madoff-163750109.html?sec=topStories&pos=5&asset=&ccode