State Enforcement and Antifraud Authority
Chapters in this video
- 0:00 Zero exemptions: fraud is never exempt
- 1:30 General antifraud provision scope and three prongs
- 2:52 Prong 3 intent trap and registration violation separation
- 3:22 Reasonable-investor materiality and the percentage bait
- 4:15 Advisory antifraud provision and principal trading workflow
- 5:59 Administrator enforcement powers and revocation limits
- 6:57 Rapid-fire exam recap
What this video covers
- Why the antifraud provisions apply universally with exactly zero exemptions, even to exempt securities, exempt transactions, and federal covered securities
- The three prongs of the Uniform Securities Act (USA) general antifraud provision, and why prong 3 (operates as a fraud or deceit) requires no proof of intent
- The scope and trigger differences between the general antifraud provision (any person; offer, sale, or purchase) and the advisory antifraud provision (persons receiving consideration for advice; rendition of advice or solicitation)
- The strict chronological workflow for principal trading: written disclosure, then per-transaction client consent, then completion of the trade
- Why failure to register is a separate violation bucket that is never charged under the antifraud provision
- Which exemptions the Administrator can revoke (exchange listed securities, nonprofits, employee benefit plans, exempt transactions) and which are permanently protected (United States government securities, bank securities)
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