Vermont Statutes Annotated

Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 09, § 5501 (2026)

General fraud

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Subchapter 005 : FRAUD AND LIABILITIES

(Cite as: 9 V.S.A. § 5501)

§ 5501. General fraud

It is unlawful for a person, in connection with the offer to sell, the offer to purchase, the sale, or the purchase of a security, directly or indirectly:

(1) to employ a device, scheme, or artifice to defraud;

(2) to make an untrue statement of a material fact or to omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or

(3) to engage in an act, practice, or course of business that operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon another person. (Added 2005, No. 11, § 1, eff. July 1, 2006.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2014–2025 · leading case: Anthony Sutton v. Vermont Reg'l Ctr., 2019 VT 71 (Vt. 2019).

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Anthony Sutton v. Vermont Reg'l Ctr., 2019 VT 71 (Vt. 2019). “The trial court properly dismissed plaintiffs’ claim of securities fraud under the Vermont Uniform Securities Act, 9 V.S.A. §§ 5501 and 5509, against all defendants.”

Antony Sutton v. Vermont Reg'l Ctr., 2019 VT 71 (Vt. 2020). “The trial court properly dismissed plaintiffs’ claim of securities fraud under the Vermont Uniform Securities Act, 9 V.S.A. §§ 5501 and 5509, against all defendants.”

Sutton v. State of Vermont (Vt. Super. Ct. 2018). “Count 2 of the TAC alleges essentially the same facts and “common plan or scheme…which operated as a fraud…upon Plaintiffs” in the context of a claim under the Vermont Securities Act, 9 V.S.A. §5501 et seq. Counts 3 and 4 allege essentially the same facts in the context of…”

Traudt v. Rubenstein (D. Vt. 2025). “9 V.S.A. § 5501. A plaintiff alleging fraud “must state with particularity the circumstances constituting fraud or mistake.”

Kaveh Shahi v. Putnam LLC, 583 F. App'x 80 (4th Cir. 2014). “Counts I, II, and V of the amended complaint — which sought relief under the Vermont Securities Act, Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 9, § 5501 , and Section 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, 15 U.”

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