>>They can take it out of the one that defrauded them. Isn’t that how it works?<<
The law is that all funds paid out to anyone (the early levels in a Ponzi scheme) are retrieved and then redistributed on a pro-rata basis. I am reading that the scam was $13 billion and they might get 1 to 3 billion back.
Quick math and guesstimation says people will probably get around 10% of their investments back. For a million dollar investor, that’s $100,000 — a few grand, a few bucks.
That seems fair