Title 15Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73not60

§687f Unlawful Acts and Omissions by Officers, Directors, Employees, or Agents

Title 15 › Chapter 14B— SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT PROGRAM › Subchapter III— INVESTMENT DIVISION PROGRAMS › Part A— Small Business Investment Companies › § 687f

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

Makes people who order, direct, help, or take part in a licensee’s illegal acts also guilty of the violation. It also says officers, directors, employees, agents, or other managers must not break the trust they owe the licensee if doing so causes the licensee to lose money or be in danger of losing money. Unless the Administration gives written consent, a person may not become or continue as an officer, director, employee, agent, or manager of a licensee if, in the future, they are convicted of a felony or a crime involving dishonesty or breach of trust, or are found liable in court or barred by court order for fraud or breach of trust.

Full Legal Text

Title 15, §687f

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(a)Wherever a licensee violates any provision of this chapter or regulation issued thereunder by reason of its failure to comply with the terms thereof or by reason of its engaging in any act or practice which constitutes or will constitute a violation thereof, such violation shall be deemed to be also a violation and an unlawful act on the part of any person who, directly or indirectly, authorizes, orders, participates in, or causes, brings about, counsels, aids, or abets in the commission of any acts, practices, or transactions which constitute or will constitute, in whole or in part, such violation.
(b)It shall be unlawful for any officer, director, employee, agent, or other participant in the management or conduct of the affairs of a licensee to engage in any act or practice, or to omit any act, in breach of his fiduciary duty as such officer, director, employee, agent, or participant, if, as a result thereof, the licensee has suffered or is in imminent danger of suffering financial loss or other damage.
(c)Except with the written consent of the Administration, it shall be unlawful—
(1)for any person hereafter to take office as an officer, director, or employee of a licensee, or to become an agent or participant in the conduct of the affairs or management of a licensee, if—
(A)he has been convicted of a felony, or any other criminal offense involving dishonesty or breach of trust, or
(B)he has been found civilly liable in damages, or has been permanently or temporarily enjoined by an order, judgment, or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, by reason of any act or practice involving fraud or breach of trust; or
(2)for any person to continue to serve in any of the above-described capacities, if—
(A)he is hereafter convicted of a felony, or any other criminal offense involving dishonesty or breach of trust, or
(B)he is hereafter found civilly liable in damages, or is permanently or temporarily enjoined by an order, judgment, or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, by reason of any act or practice involving fraud or breach of trust.

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For definition of “this chapter”, referred to in subsec. (a), see

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note set out under section 661 of this title.

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Citation

15 U.S.C. § 687f

Title 15Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60