47-31B-501. General fraud.

It is unlawful for a person, in connection with the offer, sale, or purchase of a security, directly or indirectly:

(1)    To employ a device, scheme, or artifice to defraud;

(2)    To make an untrue statement of a material fact or to omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or

(3)    To engage in an act, practice, or course of business that operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon another person.

Source: SL 2004, ch 278, § 29.