Why yes, I am cynical, but is there any reason to think the justice department will do better than the SEC, which investigated Madoff several times and still didn't find anything wrong, even though if they had done the simplest, most obvious checks, they would have found the problem?
Oh, and don't forget the really smart guy no one listened to telling them exactly what was going on.
Whoosh.
This is why we can't have nice things.
After a number of decimal places, nobody gives a damn.