MUST READ
General Rules and Regulations promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Rule 10b-5. Employment of Manipulative and Deceptive Devices.
It shall be unlawful for any person, directly or indirectly, by the use of any means or
instrumentality of interstate commerce, or of the mails or of any facility of any national
securities exchange,
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 were 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, in connection with the purchase or sale of any
security.
law.uc.edu
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So basically if you intentionally mislead people in the stock market,
- for instance telling everyone you shorted 150,000 shares
when this is not possible for the general public to do,
you are breaking the law, and not only do you face losing your SI privledges, but you also face large law suits, and possible jail time.
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So folks...keep it on the straight and narrow |
