The argument would make sense if you let your family secured, while you accepted the trade-off of living like a king for a while, but taking one for the family.

The argument would make sense if you let your family secured, while you accepted the trade-off of living like a king for a while, but taking one for the family. Maddoff's family was destroyed and probably will end changing their name. Had he robbed a bank, it would be different, he screwed a lot of people with sad stories. As for Holmes, she hasn't even started yet.