§ 29536

Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 969, Sec. 2.

It is unlawful for any person, directly or indirectly, in connection with the purchase or sale of, the offer to sell, the offer to purchase, the offer to enter into, or the entry into, a commodity, commodity contract, or commodity option to do any of the following:

(a)To willfully employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud.
(b)To willfully make any false report, enter any false record, make any 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)To willfully engage in any transaction, act, practice, or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any persons.
(d)To willfully misappropriate or convert the funds, security, or property of any other person.

Other sections in Chapter 4 - Unlawful Activities and Fraudulent Conduct

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