Title 7
Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships
Chapter 11
Rhode Island Uniform Securities Act
Part V
Fraudulent and Other Prohibited Practices
R.I. Gen. Laws § 7-11-501
§ 7-11-501. Offers, sales, and purchases.
In connection with the offer to sell, sale, offer to purchase, or purchase of a security, a person may not, directly or indirectly:
(1) Employ a device, scheme, or artifice to defraud;
(2) Make an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statement made, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading; or
(3) Engage in an act, practice, or course of business that operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit on a person.
History of Section.
P.L. 1990, ch. 460, § 2.