{"data":{"id":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-17-4-501","jurisdiction":"us-wy","citation":"Wyo. Stat. § 17-4-501","heading":"General fraud.","body":"(a) It is unlawful for a person, in connection with the offer, sale, or purchase of a security, directly or indirectly:\n(i) To employ a device, scheme, or artifice to defraud;\n(ii) 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\n(iii) To engage in an act, practice, or course of business that operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon another person.","path":["TITLE 17 - CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS","CHAPTER 4 - SECURITIES","ARTICLE 5 - FRAUD AND LIABILITIES"],"source_url":"https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title17.pdf","current_through":"2026 Budget Session; as of 2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T00:16:32Z","sha256":"dfcb7fa9e762af9b2d4c8861992f5b665dd60e56116d15f8d6cee99338aab9cd","source_id":"us-wy","stale":false,"prev":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-17-4-412","next":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-17-4-502"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}