LONDON, June 19 (Reuters) - A former Janus Henderson

analyst was on Thursday found guilty of using confidential

information on companies including Daimler, Jet2 and THG to make

nearly 1 million pounds ($1.3 million) after a London court

trial.

Redinel Korfuzi, 38, was accused of using information he

accessed through his job as a research analyst at the asset

manager to trade using accounts held by his sister Oerta

Korfuzi, 36, and two other co-defendants.

The siblings stood trial at Southwark Crown Court with

Redinel Korfuzi's personal trainer Rogerio de Aquino, 63, and de

Aquino's partner Dema Almeziad, 40, who prosecutors said were

"secret proxies" for the insider trading.

The four were each charged with conspiracy to commit insider

dealing and money laundering between January 2019 and March

2021, with prosecutors alleging they used lockdown restrictions

imposed from March 2020 to carry out the criminal trades.

Redinel and Oerta Korfuzi were each convicted of both

charges by a jury, having pleaded not guilty. They will be

sentenced on July 4.

The jury cleared de Aquino and Almeziad of both charges.

Almeziad's lawyer Roger Sahota said in a statement: "This case

should never have been brought.

"There was no evidence that Ms Almeziad knew anything about

insider dealing and it is wrong to expect ordinary people to

understand or spot complex financial conduct that even

professionals struggle with."

Prosecutor Tom Forster told jurors at the start of the trial

in February that the defendants made a profit of around 963,000

pounds in relation to 11 companies' shares in just over six

months.

Forster said Redinel Korfuzi "was at the absolute centre" of

the alleged conspiracy, which was directed from the London flat

he shared with his sister.

Janus Henderson ( JHG ), which manages roughly $380 billion in

assets, was not involved in the criminal case or accused of any

wrongdoing.

A spokesperson for the firm said in a statement: "The

protection of confidential information is extremely important to

Janus Henderson ( JHG ) and the firm treats any actual or suspected

misuse of confidential information with the utmost seriousness."

The Financial Conduct Authority previously said Janus

Henderson ( JHG ) had cooperated fully with its investigation.

Convictions for insider trading carry a sentence of up to

seven years, with up to 14 years for money laundering.