Vt. Stat. tit. 9 § 5501

Current through L. 2024, c. 185.

Section 5501 - General fraud

It is unlawful for a person, in connection with the offer to sell, the offer to purchase, the sale, or the 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.

9 V.S.A. § 5501

Added 2005, No. 11 , § 1, eff. 7/1/2006.