Steven Noel Perkins traded Brent crude futures contracts without client authorization . He had drunk `` excessively '' over the weekend of June 27-28 and throughout the following Monday before making the trades , the FSA said . The U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement that it was investigating the matter. The FSA said the trading seems to have been a result of `` extremely heavy drinking '' Perkins was also fined £72,000 ( $ 108,400 ) for market abuse .
Steven Noel Perkins traded Brent crude futures contracts without client authorization . The U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement that it was investigating the matter. The FSA said the trading seems to have been a result of `` extremely heavy drinking '' Perkins was also fined £72,000 ( $ 108,400 ) for market abuse .