Steven Noel Perkins traded Brent crude futures contracts without any authorization . `` The FSA views market manipulation extremely seriously , '' said Alexander Justham , director of markets at the FSA . His actions pushed the price up to $ 1 a share -- the highest this year . The FSA said the trading appeared to have been a result of ` ` extremely heavy drinking '' Perkins was also fined £ 72,000 ( $ 2000 ) for market abuse .
Steven Noel Perkins traded Brent crude futures contracts without any authorization . His actions pushed the price up to $ 1 a share -- the highest this year . The FSA said the trading appeared to have been a result of ` ` extremely heavy drinking '' Perkins was also fined £ 72,000 ( $ 2000 ) for market abuse .