Maine Code § 32-16501

General fraud
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It is unlawful for a person, in connection with the offer, sale or purchase of a security, directly or
indirectly: [PL 2005, c. 65, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]
1. Device, scheme, artifice. To employ a device, scheme or artifice to defraud;
[PL 2005, c. 65, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]
2. Untrue statement of or omission of material fact. To make an untrue statement of a material
fact or to omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or
[PL 2005, c. 65, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]
3. Fraud, deceit. To engage in an act, practice or course of business that operates or would operate
as a fraud or deceit upon another person.
[PL 2005, c. 65, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]

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