doug, i have a theory (:o)  lol   - goes something like this..  women were not encouraged to really reach for the stars - it's that old double standard.  the closest a few of us come -those who, like some men, have sold their souls.. these women marry 90 yr old billionaires and wait a couple of years.
  so yeah, if women in general were encouraged, and taught, that that they really had no barriers in matching anyone's success - they could be the next Bernie Madoff.
   i say ladies, let's pick it up a notch! who's with me!!???  (i was very inspired by Gina Davis robbing the little store in Thelma  and Louise. she never made it "personal" - a role model should the situation ever call for it...)
 on a serious note - i think anyone does that kind of crime is opportunistic as a beginning to that whole other downward process...