The offense shall be complete as against a person or corporation pretending or offering to sell or to buy, as provided herein, whether the offer to sell or buy is accepted or not; and a person or corporation communicating, receiving, exhibiting or displaying in any manner such offer to so buy or sell, or any statements or quotations of the prices of such property, with a view to such transaction, shall be deemed an accessory, and shall be punished as provided in RSA 294-B:4.