Brito said businesses exchanging Bitcoins were coming to terms with the fact that they would now need to get licensed as money transmitters in 48 US states, a process requiring in person interviews in each state, thanks to FinCEN’s guidance.”Everything I’m telling you, I’ve learned over the past couple of months as I’m racing to learn,” said Brito, who attended the Bitcoin Conference in San Jose.”You have to know your customer,” he told the audience, according to a video posted on the Internet. “Whether or not you agree with the laws or not, you’ve got to follow them.”The FinCEN statement means companies that exchange Bitcoins for hard currency must now hire full time compliance officers to verify the identities of users, especially those looking to transfer Bitcoins out of the digital world and back into dollars or other hard currencies. Estimates vary on how much it costs to get compliant, but licensing and registration fees alone can total in the tens of thousands of dollars, an added heavy cost for small startup businesses.Brito said the Bitcoin community is also trying to increase its contact with law enforcement and regulators.

Officers arrested Tracy Ray Rollins Jr, a 28 year old truck driver and allegedly the former boyfriend of fashion model Rebecca Landrith, in Connecticut on Wednesday, PennLive reported.An arrest affidavit seen by PennLive said officers charged Rollins Jr, from Dallas, Texas, with homicide and abuse of a corpse.The body of the 47 year old was found by a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation employee on Sunday morning by an interstate interchange, headed eastbound.18 gunshot wounds were found on her head, neck and throat, according to the arrest affidavit.Landrith worked in New York City as a fashion model, and was a finalist for beauty contests including “Miss Manhattan” and “America’s It Girl Miss Lady Liberty”, according to her own website.County District Attorney D. Peter Johnson said “It took old fashioned police work” to carry out the arrest, which came after officers found a note with Rollins Jr’s name and contact details in Landrith’s jacket pocket, PennLive reported.Officers reportedly used the information to trace Rollins Jr’s travel between Wisconsin and Maine on Saturday, before travelling on to Connecticut on Wednesday, when he was arrested.According to the arrest affidavit, he claimed to have not known Landrith, and had been travelling with a woman named “Leslie” who he met at a truck stop in Connecticut.PennLive reported that Landrith had previously made hotel reservations with the name “Leslie”.The model’s brother, George Landrith, told PennLive that her family were “relieved”, although “It doesn’t ease the sense of loss.””Her family loved her dearly,” he added. “None of this brings her back.