I knew that guy
That pilot was hired by Bristow, maybe in 2005, got kidnapped by the locals because he stepped outside to enjoy the fireworks (it was gunfire, but he didn't realize), was sent to our least-busy base in a corner of Africa where he was allowed to fly as left seat, left the company and apparently told his new employers he was a fully-qualified Bristow pilot and was promptly in over his head as single-pilot in a mountainous IFR environment.
If employers would vet every pilot before hiring we wouldn't now have to contend with posers in the international helicopter industry. This is a major problem, worldwide, as pilots from countries that can't train pilots to acceptable standards resort to P-51 time to make up the shortfall.