Section 451.2501 - Unlawful conduct; fraudIt is unlawful for a person, in connection with the offer, sale, or purchase of a security or the organization or operation of a Michigan investment market under article 4A, to directly or indirectly do any of the following:
(a) Employ a device, scheme, or artifice to defraud.(b) Make an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.(c) Engage in an act, practice, or course of business that operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit on another person.Amended by 2014, Act 355,s 13, eff. 10/21/2014.Added by 2008, Act 551,s 33 , eff. 10/1/2009.