Sec. 24. A person may not directly or indirectly:

(1) cheat or defraud or attempt to cheat or defraud any person;

Terms Used In Indiana Code 23-2-6-24

  • commodity: means , except as otherwise specified by a rule, regulation, or order of the commissioner, any of the following:

    Indiana Code 23-2-6-4

  • commodity option: means an account, an agreement, or a contract giving a party to the account, agreement, or contract the right but not the obligation to purchase or sell:

    Indiana Code 23-2-6-10

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • offer: means an offer to sell, offer to purchase, or offer to enter into a commodity contract or commodity option. See Indiana Code 23-2-6-13
  • person: means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, a limited liability company, an association, a joint-stock company, a trust where the interests of the beneficiaries are evidenced by a security, an unincorporated organization, a government, or a political subdivision of a government. See Indiana Code 23-2-6-14
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • sale: means any:

    Indiana Code 23-2-6-16

(2) employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud any person;

(3) make a false report, enter a false record, or make an untrue statement of a material fact;

(4) fail to state a material fact that is necessary to make a report, record, or statement made, under the circumstances in which the report, record, or statement was made, not misleading;

(5) engage in a transaction, act, practice, or course of business, including any form of advertising or solicitation, that operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any person; or

(6) misappropriate or convert the funds, security, or property of any person;

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 of, any commodity contract or commodity option subject to section 18, 19(a)(2), or 19(a)(4) of this chapter.

As added by P.L.177-1991, SEC.10.