Question

A broker-dealer and its agent are registered in State A. The agent tells a customer in State A that he is prohibited from making an offer of a security in that State because the security is not registered in State A and the security is non-exempt. However, he tells the customer that he can accept an offer to buy that security from the client because then the transaction would be exempt. Which statement is TRUE?

Answer 1

There is a violation of Uniform State Law because the agent has made an offer to sell an unregistered non-exempt security in that State

Step-by-step explanation:

The Uniform State Securities Law is also called blue sky law, and they are put in place at the State level to prevent fraud and to enforce security regulation.

This law was set up to handle investments that do not occur at the federal level. These are out of the purview of the SEC so states handle them.

In the given scenario the agent is trying to make a non exempt security exempt by buying it from the client.

This is an attempt to sell the securities to investors through fraudulent means and it is a violation of Uniform State Law