Equatorial Guinea Jails Ex-official Baltasar Engonga 

Equatorial Guinea Jails Ex-official Baltasar Engonga 

A court in Equatorial Guinea has sentenced former senior government official Baltasar Ebang Engonga to eight years in prison for embezzlement.

Engonga, a former head of the national financial investigation agency, was convicted by the Bioko provincial tribunal of diverting public funds meant for official travel. He was also fined $220,000.

According to Supreme Court press director Hilario Mitogo, Engonga was tried alongside five other officials accused of misappropriating hundreds of thousands of dollars in state funds.

The case gained widespread attention after explicit videos of Engonga with several women, including wives of officials, surfaced on social media last November while investigations were underway.