Oghenochuko Ojiri, 53, who has appeared on BBC’s Bargain Hunt, was sentenced to over two years’ imprisonment on Thursday at the Old Bailey.
Last month, Mr Ojiri pleaded guilty to eight offences of failing to disclose information during the course of business in the regulated sector when knowing, suspecting or having reasonable grounds for suspecting that another person has committed or attempted to commit an offence under Sections 15-18 of the Terrorism Act 2000, contrary to Section 21A of the Terrorism Act 2000.
The offences relate to the sale of several works of art to Nazem Ahmad, who is a suspected financier of Hizballah, a proscribed antisemitic genocidal terror group. Mr Ahmad was sanctioned by the UK in 2023. The sales totalled nearly £140,000.
For some of the transactions, paperwork used names that were not Mr Ahmad’s, despite the sales being to him.
Messages recovered from Mr Ojiri’s phone showed him discussing money-laundering regulation with a colleague.
Mr Ojiri was sentenced to two years and six months’ imprisonment, with an extended twelve months on licence.
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