A person shall not directly or indirectly do any of the following in or 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, a commodity contract or commodity option subject to section 502A.2, 502A.3, 502A.4, subsection 1, paragraph “b”, or section 502A.4, subsection 1, paragraph “d”:
 1. Cheat or defraud, or attempt to cheat or defraud, another person or employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud another person.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 502A.6

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
 2. Make a false report or enter a false record.
 3. 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.
 4. Engage in a transaction, act, practice, or course of business, including, without limitation, any form of advertising or solicitation, which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any person.
 5. Misappropriate or convert the funds, security, or property of another person.
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