# CFTC AWARDED FINAL JUDGMENT IN FRAUD ACTION AGAINST INTERTRADE FOREX, INC. AND UK RESIDENT PRITESH PATEL; Defendants Ordered to Pay More Than $650,000 in Civil Penalty and Customer Restitution

> CFTC release 5047-05 · 2005-02-02 · **Fraud** · ENFORCEMENT

## Key facts

- **Release number:** 5047-05
- **Release date:** 2005-02-02
- **Type:** Fraud
- **Title:** CFTC AWARDED FINAL JUDGMENT IN FRAUD ACTION AGAINST INTERTRADE FOREX, INC. AND UK RESIDENT PRITESH PATEL; Defendants Ordered to Pay More Than $650,000 in Civil Penalty and Customer Restitution
- **Primary source:** https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/5047-05

## What this is

CFTC enforcement actions cover derivatives + commodities + crypto fraud cases. The Commission charges market participants under the Commodity Exchange Act for spoofing, manipulation, fraud, wash trades, registration violations, and pool-operator misconduct. Most actions settle with restitution + civil money penalty + a bar/suspension.


## Citation

> US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, press release 5047-05, "CFTC AWARDED FINAL JUDGMENT IN FRAUD ACTION AGAINST INTERTRADE FOREX, INC. AND UK RESIDENT PRITESH PATEL; Defendants Ordered to Pay More Than $650,000 in Civil Penalty and Customer Restitution", 2005-02-02. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-19 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cftc-action/5047-05.

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