70 Pa. Stat. § 1-401 : Statutes (Unconsolidated) — SECURITIES — PENNSYLVANIA SECURITIES ACT OF 1972 — FRAUDULENT AND PROHIBITED PRACTICES —401 - Sales and purchases TEXT PDF It is unlawful for any person, in connection with the offer, sale or purchase of any security in this State, directly or indirectly: (a) To employ any device, scheme or artifice to defraud; (b) 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 (c) To engage in any act, practice or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any person. 70 P.S. § 1-401 1972, Dec. 5, P.L. 1280, No. 284, § 401, effective 1/1/1973.