Convergex Group Subsidiary and Two Employees Plead Guilty to Securities and Wire Fraud Charges

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 18, 2013. A brokerage subsidiary of ConvergEx Group LLC pleaded guilty today to charges of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit securities fraud and wire fraud.   ConvergEx Group has also agreed to pay $43.8 million in criminal penalties and restitution as part of a deferred prosecution agreement with the Department of Justice.   In addition, Jonathan Daspin, the head trader at the brokerage subsidiary, and Thomas Lekargeren, a sales trader at a different ConvergEx…