An Equatorial Guinea court has sentenced the infamous Baltasar Ebang Engonga, a former senior government official, to eight years in prison for embezzlement.

Naijauser reports that Engonga went viral last year after sex tapes involving him and several women leaked online

however the charges were reportedly dismissed and ruled as consensual, not abuse of office.

According to Hilario Mitogo, press director of the Supreme Court, the Bioko provincial tribunal found Engonga guilty of diverting funds meant for professional travel expenses for personal use.

He was also fined $220,000.

Engonga, a former head of the national financial investigation agency, was tried alongside five other senior officials.

They were accused of misappropriating hundreds of thousands of dollars in public funds.

The case follows his detention in November, when videos of him with women, including the spouses of other officials, surfaced on social media while investigations into the embezzlement charges were ongoing.