Fraud or deceit in connection with offer, sale, or purchase of securities

Ark. Code Ann. § 23-42-507 — under Arkansas Securities Act.

Ark. Code Ann. § 23-42-507

(1) It is unlawful for any person, in connection with the offer, sale, or purchase of any security, directly or indirectly:(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.

(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.