New York Laws
Article 21-A - Fraudulent Transactions in Securities
339 - Reporting or Publishing Fictitious Transactions in Securities.

ยง 339. Reporting or publishing fictitious transactions in securities.
A person who, with intent to deceive, reports or publishes, or causes to
be reported or published as a purchase or sale of the stocks, bonds or
other evidences of debt of a corporation, company or association, any
transaction therein, whereby no actual change of ownership or interest
is effected, is guilty of a misdemeanor.