A court in Equatorial Guinea has sentenced senior government official Baltasar Ebang Engonga to eight years in prison for embezzling public funds, months after he drew global attention when leaked sex tapes involving him and the wives of other officials spread online
Hilario Mitogo, press director of the Supreme Court, confirmed that the Bioko provincial tribunal found Engonga guilty of diverting hundreds of thousands of dollars allocated for official travel. The court also imposed a $220,000 fine.
Engonga, who headed the national financial investigation agency, was tried alongside five other top officials accused of misappropriating state resources in the oil-rich nation.
His notoriety skyrocketed in November after explicit videos — some reportedly filmed inside his finance ministry office — went viral while he was in detention. The scandal sparked ridicule across the country, inspiring parodies, comic songs, dances, memes, and even a spoof virility drug dubbed “Balthazariem.”
Despite the public uproar over the videos, the court limited its ruling to financial misconduct, delivering both the prison sentence and financial penalty.
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