Wash. Rev. Code § 21.20.010 : SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS — SECURITIES ACT OF WASHINGTON —FRAUDULENT AND OTHER PROHIBITED PRACTICES — Unlawful offers, sales, purchases TEXT PDF 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. RCW 21.20.010 1959 c 282 § 1.