Criminal organization begins eyeballing bitcoin users for future extortion attempts.

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Full story: http://24allnews.com/regulator-exami...oin-practices/

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More exactly: criminals use bitcoins since 2011. And now, government started to eyeball bitcoin to regulate it. We will see what regulation requires, looks like a few million dollar worth licenses, which only 2 or 3 companies can get in USA. Result: criminals will use non-USA exchangers, simply.

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Federal regulators earlier this year issued guidelines placing virtual-currency exchanges under the same comprehensive antimoney-laundering requirements as traditional money-transmission businesses such as Western Union Co.

Although a growing number of bitcoin exchanges have registered their businesses with the U.S. Treasury Department?s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, they have moved more slowly at the state level. In part, that is because the process of getting a license in each of the 48 states that require them is complicated and lengthy. In addition, states also typically require companies to put up a bond that could run as much as several million dollars.

Then they found out that the bonding companies didn't take Bitcoins for Surety Bonding fees