642.155 RECORDING CREDIT CARD, TELEPHONE OR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS.

   (a)    No person shall record or cause to be recorded either of the following:

      (1)    A credit card account number of the other party to a transaction, when a check, bill of exchange or other draft is presented for payment; or

      (2)    The telephone number or social security account number of the other party to a transaction, when payment is made by credit card charge agreement, check, bill of exchange or other draft.

   (b)    Subsection (a) hereof does not apply to a transaction, if all of the following conditions are met:

      (1)    The credit card account number, social security account number or telephone number is recorded for a legitimate business purpose, including collection purposes.

      (2)    The other party to the transaction consents to the recording of the credit card account number, social security account number or telephone number.

      (3)    The credit card account number, social security account number or telephone number that is recorded during the course of the transaction is not disclosed to any third party for any purposes other than collection purposes and is not used to market goods or services unrelated to the goods or services purchased in the transaction.

   (c)    Nothing in this section prohibits the recording of the number of a credit card account when given in lieu of a deposit to secure payment in the event of default, loss, damage or other occurrence, or requires a person to accept a check presented for payment, if the other party to the transaction refuses to consent to the recording of the number of the party's social security account or license to operate a motor vehicle. (ORC 1349.17)

642.16 MAKING OR USING SLUGS.

   No person shall do any of the following:

   (a)    Insert or deposit a slug in a coin machine, with purpose to defraud;

   (b)    Make, possess or dispose of a slug, with purpose of enabling another to defraud by inserting or depositing it in a coin machine.

      (ORC 2913.33)

642.17 CRIMINAL SIMULATION.

   (a)   No person, with purpose to defraud, or knowing that the person is facilitating a fraud, shall do any of the following:

      (1)   Make or alter any object so that it appears to have value because of antiquity, rarity, curiosity, source, or authorship, which it does not in fact possess;

      (2)   Practice deception in making, retouching, editing, or reproducing any photograph, movie film, video tape, phonograph record, or recording tape;

      (3)   Falsely or fraudulently make, simulate, forge, alter, or counterfeit any wrapper, label, stamp, cork, or cap prescribed by the Liquor Control Commission under Ohio R.C. Chapters 4301 and 4303, falsely or fraudulently cause to be made, simulated, forged, altered, or counterfeited any wrapper, label, stamp, cork, or cap prescribed by the Liquor Control Commission under Ohio R.C. Chapters 4301 and 4303, or use more than once any wrapper, label, stamp, cork, or cap prescribed by the Liquor Control Commission under Ohio R.C. Chapters 4301 and 4303.

      (4)   Utter, or possess with purpose to utter, any object that the person knows to have been simulated as provided in subsection (a)(1), (2) or (3) of this section.

   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of criminal simulation, a misdemeanor of the first degree.  If the loss to the victim is one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more, criminal simulation is a felony and shall be prosecuted under appropriate State law.

(ORC 2913.32)

642.18 TAMPERING WITH RECORDS.

   (a)    No person, knowing the person has no privilege to do so, and with purpose to defraud or knowing that the person is facilitating a fraud, shall do any of the following:

      (1)   Falsify, destroy, remove, conceal, alter, deface or mutilate any writing, computer software, data, or record;

      (2)   Utter any writing or record, knowing it to have been tampered with as provided in subsection (a)(1) hereof.

   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of tampering with records, a misdemeanor of the first degree.  If the violation involves data or computer software the value of which or loss to the victim is one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more, or if the writing or record is a will unrevoked at the time of the offense, tampering with records is a felony and shall be prosecuted under appropriate State law. 
(ORC 2913.42)

642.19 SECURING WRITINGS BY DECEPTION.

   (a)   No person, by deception, shall cause another to execute any writing that disposes of or encumbers property, or by which a pecuniary obligation is incurred.

   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of securing writings by deception, a misdemeanor of the first degree.  Securing writings by deception is a felony and shall be prosecuted under appropriate State law if:

      (1)   The value of the property or obligation involved is one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more; or

      (2)   The victim of the offense is an elderly person, disabled adult, active duty service member or spouse of an active duty service member.
(ORC 2913.43)

642.20 PERSONATING AN OFFICER.

   (a)   No person, with purpose to defraud or knowing that he is facilitating a fraud, or with purpose to induce another to purchase property or services, shall personate a law enforcement officer, or an inspector, investigator or agent of any governmental agency.

   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of personating an officer, a misdemeanor of the first degree.  (ORC 2913.44)

642.21 DEFRAUDING CREDITORS.

   (a)   No person, with purpose to defraud one or more of the person's creditors, shall do any of the following:

      (1)   Remove, conceal, destroy, encumber, convey or otherwise deal with any of the person's property.

      (2)   Misrepresent or refuse to disclose to a fiduciary appointed to administer or manage the person's affairs or estate, the existence, amount or location of any of the person's property, or any other information regarding such property that the person is legally required to furnish to the fiduciary.

   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of defrauding creditors, a misdemeanor of the first degree.  If the value of the property involved is one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more, defrauding creditors is a felony and shall be prosecuted under appropriate State law. 

(ORC 2913.45)