During the summer of 2009, Bernie Madoff was sentenced to 125 (or more) years for his Ponzi scam that took billions of dollars from investors. These investors placed their faith and trust in Madoff. Some pundits say that the regulators (i.e. SEC regulators) were too close to Madoff and his chief financial officer. What is the answer to preventing another Madoff or Enron or WorldCom or HealthSouth scandal? Does the Internet make investors any more or less safe?