Kona Gold Beverage Inc (KGKG)

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Fraud and Manipulation - SEC Rule 10-b5 is the catch all for manipulation and stock fraud:

Rule 10b-5: Employment of Manipulative and Deceptive Practices:

“It shall be unlawful for any person, directly or indirectly, by the use of any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce, or of the mails or of any facility of any national securities exchange, (a) To employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud, (b) To make any untrue statement of a material fact or to omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or (c) To engage in any act, practice, or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any person, in connection with the purchase or sale of any security.”

It is important to note that not only misrepresentations are prohibited, it is also forbidden to omit to state material information.

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