British Financial Services Authority Chairman Adair Turner

 By Myles Neligan  
 LONDON, July 6 (Reuters) -  Britain’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) plans to triple some of the fines it imposes on financial sector wrongdoers as part of a crackdown on offences such as mis-selling and insider dealing. 
 The bigger fines are designed to deter firms and individuals from breaking market rules by making the costs of doing so prohibitively high, the FSA said in a statement.

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