2015 Mississippi Code
Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS
Chapter 89 - MISSISSIPPI COMMODITIES ENFORCEMENT ACT
§ 75-89-13 - Fraudulent or deceitful acts, false or misleading statements or reports, and the like prohibited
No 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 any commodity contract or commodity option, shall directly or indirectly:
(a) Cheat or defraud, or attempt to cheat or defraud, any other person or employ any device, scheme or artifice to defraud any other person;
(b) Make any false report, enter any false record or 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) Engage in any 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; or
(d) Misappropriate or convert the funds, security or property of any other person.
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