It is unlawful for any person, in connection with the offer, sale or purchase of any security, directly or indirectly

Terms Used In West Virginia Code 32-1-101

  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Person: means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, 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 West Virginia Code 32-4-401
  • Security: means any note. See West Virginia Code 32-4-401
  • State: means any state, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. See West Virginia Code 32-4-401

(1) To employ any device, scheme or artifice to defraud;

(2) To make any untrue statement of a material fact or to omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading; or

(3) To engage in any act, practice or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any person.