N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 339

§ 339. Reporting or publishing fictitious transactions in securities.\nA person who, with intent to deceive, reports or publishes, or causes to\nbe reported or published as a purchase or sale of the stocks, bonds or\nother evidences of debt of a corporation, company or association, any\ntransaction therein, whereby no actual change of ownership or interest\nis effected, is guilty of a misdemeanor.\n