ANC heavyweight John Block has to pay the state R2 million while he will also serve 15 years in jail for fraud and money laundering.The verdict sends a strong signal at a time when there are perceptions that the state is soft on corruption.Block and his co-accused Teifecta director Christo Scholtz were sentenced to 15 years in prison each on Tuesday in the Northern Cape High Court in Kimberley.National Prosecuting Authority Northern Cape spokesman Phaladi Shuping said the two were appealing the sentencing and the appeal would be heard on Wednesday.Their bail application was extended‚ he said.In October last year‚ Block was convicted of fraud and money laundering relating to the leasing of buildings to the Northern Cape social development department‚ which rented buildings owned by the Trifecta Group.Shortly after his guilty verdict‚ Block‚ who was the ANC Northern Cape chairman and finance MEC resigned.Scholtz was also found guilty of two counts of corruption.The ANC in the Northern...
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