New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 47A - BUREAU OF SECURITIES
Subchapter 12A - INTRASTATE OFFERING (CROWDFUNDING) EXEMPTION
Section 13:47A-12A.10 - Measures to reduce risk of fraud

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 13:47A-12A.10

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) An Internet site operator in a transaction involving the offer or sale of securities pursuant to N.J.S.A. 49:3-50(b)(14) shall have a reasonable basis for believing that:

1. An issuer seeking to offer and sell securities pursuant to N.J.S.A. 49:3-50(b)(14) through the Internet site operator's internet site complies with the requirements of this subchapter. In satisfying this requirement, an Internet site operator may rely on the representations of the issuer concerning compliance with these requirements unless the Internet site operator has reason to question the reliability of those representations; and

2. An issuer seeking to offer and sell securities pursuant to N.J.S.A. 49:3-50(b)(14) has established means to keep accurate records of the holders of the securities it would offer and sell through the Internet site operator's internet site, provided that an Internet site operator may rely on representations of the issuer concerning its means of recordkeeping unless the Internet site operator has reason to question the reliability of those representations.

(b) An Internet site operator in a transaction involving the offer or sale of securities pursuant to N.J.S.A. 49:3-50(b)(14) shall deny access to its internet site to an issuer if the Internet site operator has a reasonable basis for believing that:

1. The issuer or any of its executive officers, directors, managing members, other persons occupying a similar status or performing similar functions in the name of and on behalf of the issuer, and a person owning 10 percent or more of the outstanding securities of the issuer is subject to the disqualifying criteria set forth in N.J.A.C. 13:47A-12A.2(b);
i. In determining whether the Internet site operator has a reasonable basis of belief, the Bureau shall take into consideration whether the Internet site operator conducted a background and securities enforcement regulatory history check on each issuer whose offering is on its internet site and on each officer, director, or person owning 10 percent or more of the outstanding securities of the issuer.

2. The issuer or the offering violates the anti-fraud section of the Uniform Securities Law as set forth in N.J.S.A. 49:3-52.

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