Sec. 24. A person may not directly or indirectly:
(1) cheat or defraud or attempt to cheat or defraud any person;
(2) employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud any person;
(3) make a false report, enter a false record, or make an untrue statement of a material fact;
(4) fail to state a material fact that is necessary to make a report, record, or statement made, under the circumstances in which the report, record, or statement was made, not misleading;
(5) engage in a transaction, act, practice, or course of business, including any form of advertising or solicitation, that operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any person; or
(6) misappropriate or convert the funds, security, or property of any person;
in connection with the purchase or sale of, the offer to sell, the offer to purchase, the offer to enter into, or the entry into of, any commodity contract or commodity option subject to section 18, 19(a)(2), or 19(a)(4) of this chapter.
As added by P.L.177-1991, SEC.10.