New Jersey Statutes 17:10B-2. Prohibitions relative to loan brokers
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 17:10B-2
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
a. Assess, collect or hold an advance fee, directly or indirectly, from or on behalf of a borrower to provide services as a loan broker;
b. Make or use any false or misleading representations or omit any material fact in the offer or sale of the services of a loan broker or lender, whether real or purported;
c. Engage, directly or indirectly, in any act that operates or would operate as fraud or deception upon any person in connection with the offer or sale of the services of a loan broker or lender, whether real or purported, notwithstanding the absence of reliance by the borrower; or
d. Make any false or deceptive representation to the department or conceal a material fact from the department.
L.1992,c.66,s.2.