Edited sentence: Bill Murphy is a former American professional football player, financial commentator, and noted gold bug who serves as the chairman and director of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA).In May, 2014, Barclays was fined for ten years of gold price manipulation, including "Bursts" Of sell orders.Murphy and GATA are the author of a number of essays promoting conspiracy theories related to alleged manipulation of the precious metals markets.Murphy believes the price of gold is artificially low and has spent years lobbying the US government to investigate market manipulation in the gold market.Per Zerohedge, The "UK Financial Conduct Authority finally formalized what most in the "tin-foil" hat community had known for years, when it announced that it fined Barclays £26 million for manipulating "the setting of the price of gold".Speck's approach received definite agreement from the Bloomberg article - How to Keep Banks from Rigging Gold Prices.The manipulation, according to the official investigating body, has been ongoing for more than a decade