Fraudulent prospectus or report--Felony

Any officer of a corporation existing under the laws of this state or transacting business here, or any person holding himself out as such an officer, who, knowingly and with intent to defraud any person or the public generally, subscribes, endorses, verifies, or otherwise assents to the issuing or publishing of any report, prospectus, or statement concerning the condition, business, or prospects of the corporation, calculated to give to the shares of stock of such corporation either a greater or less apparent value than they really possess, is guilty of a Class 6 felony. Source: SDC 1939, § 13.4308; SL 1983, ch 15, § 48.