眼球扫描加密货币初创公司 WorldCoin 正在为肯尼亚恢复运营做准备

当地媒体周四报道称，ODPP 已指示刑事调查局 (DCI) 放弃对该公司非法收集和传输数据指控的调查

Cryptocurrency startup WorldCoin is set to resume operations in Kenya after the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) closed its investigation into the company.

在公共检察长办公室 (ODPP) 结束对加密货币初创公司 WorldCoin 的调查后，该公司将恢复在肯尼亚的运营。

According to a report by a local media house on Thursday, the ODPP instructed the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) to drop the probe into allegations of illegal data collection and transfer by the firm, as no criminal charges were substantiated against the company.

据当地一家媒体周四报道，ODPP 指示刑事调查局 (DCI) 放弃对该公司非法收集和传输数据指控的调查，因为该公司没有得到证实的刑事指控。

In a letter dated June 14 addressed to Coulson Harney — the firm’s legal representative, the DCI said that the chief prosecutor had directed the closure of the investigation file without further police action.

DCI 在 6 月 14 日致该公司法律代表 Coulson Harney 的一封信中表示，首席检察官已指示关闭调查档案，警方无需采取进一步行动。

“The DCI expeditiously and objectively investigated an array of allegations into the activities of the Worldcoin in Kenya in 2022-2023, touching on alleged unlawful collection and transfer of personal sensitive data,” the letter read.

信中写道：“DCI 迅速、客观地调查了有关 Worldcoin 2022-2023 年在肯尼亚活动的一系列指控，涉及非法收集和转移个人敏感数据的指控。”

“The resultant investigation file has been forwarded to the ODPP for independent review and advice. Upon review of the file, the DPP concurred and directed that the file be closed with no further police action.”

“调查结果文件已转发给 ODPP 进行独立审查和建议。审查该文件后，民进党同意并指示关闭该文件，警方不再采取进一步行动。”

The development comes barely three months after Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki disclosed to the National Assembly’s Committee on Public Petitions the pressure from the US government to lift the suspension.

就在三个月前，内政内阁秘书基苏尔·金迪基(Kithure Kindiki)向国民议会公众请愿委员会透露了美国政府要求解除暂停的压力。

“The US has been pushing the government on the issues of Worldcoin, but we have remained adamant and firm,” Prof Kindiki told the committee.

“美国一直在世界币问题上向政府施压，但我们仍然坚持不懈，”金迪基教授告诉委员会。

Worldcoin, which is fronted by Tools for Humanity, a company co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, began operating in Kenya in July last year.

Worldcoin 由 Tools for Humanity 牵头，该公司由 OpenAI 首席执行官 Sam Altman 联合创立，于去年 7 月开始在肯尼亚运营。

However, its operations were suspended on August 2, 2023, a day after thousands of Kenyans queued at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) to have their irises scanned in return for 25 free cryptocurrency tokens valued at Sh8,256.

然而，该公司于 2023 年 8 月 2 日暂停运营，一天前，数千名肯尼亚人在肯雅塔国际会议中心 (KICC) 排队扫描虹膜，以换取价值 8,256 先令的 25 个免费加密货币代币。

Worldcoin aims to provide its users with a verified digital identity, plus a cryptocurrency token—helpfully named Worldcoin (WLD)—and a crypto wallet app.

世界币旨在为其用户提供经过验证的数字身份，以及加密货币代币（命名为世界币（WLD））和加密钱包应用程序。

It verifies a user’s identity by scanning their iris to create personal, secure identification codes. The codes are saved on a decentralized blockchain, and the company claims they cannot be duplicated or spoofed to create false identities or engage in fraud.

它通过扫描用户的虹膜来验证用户的身份，以创建个人的安全识别码。这些代码保存在去中心化的区块链上，该公司声称它们不能被复制或欺骗以创建虚假身份或参与欺诈。

The company expressed gratitude for the thorough investigation by the DCI.

该公司对 DCI 的彻底调查表示感谢。

“We are grateful for the DCI’s fair investigation and for the Director of Public Prosecutions’ determination to close the matter,” Thomas Scott, Chief Legal Officer at Tools for Humanity, said.

Tools for Humanity 首席法律官托马斯·斯科特 (Thomas Scott) 表示：“我们感谢 DCI 的公正调查以及检察长决定了结此案。”

– By Wanjiku Hilda

——万吉库·希尔达