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(a) No person, knowing that he or she has no privilege to do so, and with purpose to defraud or knowing that he or she 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 division (a)(1) of this section.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of tampering with records.
(1) Except as provided in division (b)(3) of this section, if the offense does not involve data or computer software, tampering with records is whichever of the following is applicable:
A. If division (b)(1)B. of this section does not apply, it is a misdemeanor of the first degree.
B. If the writing or record is a will unrevoked at the time of the offense, it is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law.
(2) Except as provided in division (b)(3) of this section, if the offense involves a violation of division (a) of this section involving data or computer software, tampering with records is whichever of the following is applicable:
A. Except as otherwise provided in division (b)(2)B. of this section, it is a misdemeanor of the first degree;
B. If the value of the data or computer software involved in the offense or the loss to the victim is one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more or if the offense is committed for the purpose of devising or executing a scheme to defraud or to obtain property or services and the value of the property or services or the loss to the victim is seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) or more, it is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law.
(3) If the writing, data, computer software, or record is kept by or belongs to a local, state, or federal governmental entity, it is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law.
(ORC 2913.42)
(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. Except as otherwise provided in this division, securing writings by deception is a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the value of the property or the obligation involved is one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more, securing writings by deception is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate to state law. If the victim of the offense is an elderly person, disabled adult, active duty service member, or spouse of an active duty service member, securing writings by deception is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law.
(ORC 2913.43)
(a) No person, with purpose to defraud or knowing that he or she 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)
(a) No person, with purpose to defraud one or more of his or her creditors, shall do any of the following:
(1) Remove, conceal, destroy, encumber, convey, or otherwise deal with any of his or her property;
(2) Misrepresent or refuse to disclose to a fiduciary appointed to administer or manage his or her affairs or estate, the existence, amount, or location of any of his or her property, or any other information regarding the property which he or she is legally required to furnish to the fiduciary.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of defrauding creditors. Except as otherwise provided in this division, defrauding creditors is 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 to be prosecuted under appropriate state law.
(ORC 2913.45)
(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) Offer, or possess with the purpose to offer, any object that the person knows to have been simulated as provided in divisions (a)(1), (2) or (3) of this section.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of criminal simulation. Except as otherwise provided in this division, criminal simulation is 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 to be prosecuted under appropriate state law.
(ORC 2913.32)
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