True, but Madoff's arrest and trial did not lead to a domino effect of other arrests, it was just a one-off, a personal story of greed and crime that was conducted by one man. And to this day, ask any average person who Bernie Madoff was and you'll likely get a blank stare. NOT the stuff of conspiracies and broad corruption, just one little man who lost control of a criminal enterprise.

The "big one" that OP refers to, that most anons understand, will be a high-profile someone or a group of people whom the public at large will instantly recognize, and whose arrest(s) will shock America and the world into knowing that something very large (some say "Biblical") is happening.