The UK’s financial watchdog has fined an oil and gas consultant £309,843 ($415,344) for using insider information to make financial gains by buying and selling shares in multiple companies.
According to the FCA, Russel Gerrity had insider information about whether oil and gas were discovered during initial drilling of wells. Between October
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