The Digest:
A court in Equatorial Guinea has sentenced a former senior financial official, Baltasar Ebang Engonga, to eight years in prison for embezzlement. The official was found guilty of diverting public funds intended for professional travel for his own personal use. This ruling concludes a high-profile case that also involved a major public scandal
Key Points:
- Baltasar Ebang Engonga, Equatorial Guinea’s former financial investigations chief, was sentenced to eight years in prison.
- He was found guilty of embezzling funds meant for professional travel.
- The court also ordered him to pay a fine of $220,000.
- Five other senior officials were also accused of misappropriating funds.
- Engonga gained public notoriety after sex tapes involving him and the wives of other officials went viral.
- Some of the videos were reportedly filmed in his finance ministry office.
- The scandal led to widespread ridicule and even a parody virility drug called “Balthazariem.”
Engonga's conviction for embezzlement brings a formal conclusion to a case that captured global attention not only for the financial crimes but also for the highly public and salacious scandal surrounding the official.
Sources: Instablog9jaNews
