A nephew of Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, Baltasar Ebang Engonga, has been sentenced to eight years in prison for embezzlement, a court has ruled.

Engonga, the former head of the National Financial Investigation Agency, was found guilty of diverting public funds for personal use. He was convicted alongside five other officials accused of falsely claiming travel allowances ranging between $9,000 (£6,600) and $220,000.

Nicknamed “Bello” for his good looks, came to the limelight in 2024 when leaked sex tapes surfaced online showing him with several women, including relatives of political elites. The scandal erupted while he was already under detention, accused of depositing embezzled funds into secret Cayman Islands accounts.

The leaks, widely believed to have come f

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