• Baltasar Engonga Ebang, the former Director General of Equatorial Guinea’s National Agency for Financial Investigation, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison following his conviction for embezzling over 1 billion CFA francs of public funds.
  • Nicknamed the “hungry hyena” by local media, Baltasar’s crimes extended beyond financial misconduct. His fall from power accelerated after hundreds of explicit sex tapes—reportedly featuring him with numerous women—leaked online. 

The renowned Director General of the National Agency for Financial Investigation in Equatorial Guinea, Baltasar Engonga Ebang, has received an 18-year prison sentence. However, this punishment is not related to his notoriety but rather stems from his conviction for embezzling 1 billion CFA francs of government funds.

Baltasar gained international attention late last year when numerous sex tapes of him surfaced on social media and became widely shared.

These tapes were discovered after he came under scrutiny for mismanaging a state-owned company under the Ministry of Finance.

Equatorial Guinea media reports indicate that the so-called “hungry hyena,” Baltasar, embezzled 910 million francs, which he allegedly spent on the various women he filmed himself with.

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After several days of court hearings, the judges presented compelling evidence that included offshore accounts, falsified contracts, and bank transactions.

Throughout the court proceedings, Baltasar mostly kept quiet, which has been characterized as one of the most significant violations of public trust in recent history. After thorough verification, the presiding judge imposed an 18-year prison term on Baltasar Engonga Ebang for misappropriating public funds.

In the leaked video clips of Baltasar from November 2024, it is claimed that many of the women involved were coerced. Some of these women were the spouses of high-ranking government officials, family members, as well as personal aides.

The married father of six reportedly filmed over 400 explicit videos in various settings, including his office, hotel rooms, restrooms, forests, and by a riverside.

He has now become an infamous figure or even a cult hero across social media, not only in Africa but globally.