Claim: On March 18, 2013, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued a guidance regarding virtual currencies, referring to unregulated digital currencies, which are issued and usually controlled by its developers and used and accepted among the members of a specific virtual community, with its director saying that virtual currencies are subject to the same rules as other currencies.
Evidence: On March 18, 2013 FinCEN issued a guidance regarding virtual currencies, according to which, exchangers and administrators, but not users of convertible virtual currency are considered money transmitters, and must comply with rules to prevent money laundering/terrorist financing ("AML/CFT") and other forms of financial crime, by record-keeping, reporting and registering with FinCEN. Virtual currency, or virtual money, is a type of unregulated digital currency, which is issued and usually controlled by its developers and used and accepted among the members of a specific virtual community. Jennifer Shasky Calvery, director of FinCEN said, "Virtual currencies are subject to the same rules as other currencies.