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(a) As used in this section:
(1) "Check" includes any form of debit from a demand deposit account, including but not limited to any of the following:
A. A check, bill of exchange, draft, order of withdrawal, or similar negotiable or non-negotiable instrument;
B. An electronic check, electronic transaction, debit card transaction, check card transaction, substitute check, web check, or any form of automated clearing house transaction.
(2) "Issue a check" means causing any form of debit from a demand deposit account.
(b) No person, with purpose to defraud, shall issue or transfer or cause to be issued or transferred a check or other negotiable instrument, knowing that it will be dishonored or knowing that a person has ordered or will order stop payment on the check or other negotiable instrument.
(c) For purposes of this section, a person who issues or transfers a check or other negotiable instrument is presumed to know that it will be dishonored if either of the following occurs:
(1) The drawer has no account with the drawee at the time of issue or the stated date, whichever is later.
(2) The check or other negotiable instrument was properly refused payment for insufficient funds upon presentment within 30 days after issue or the stated date, whichever is later, and the liability of the drawer, indorser, or any party who may be liable thereon is not discharged by payment or satisfaction within ten days after receiving notice of dishonor.
(d) In determining the value of the payment for purposes of division (e) of this section, the court may aggregate all checks and other negotiable instruments that the offender issued or transferred or caused to be issued or transferred in violation of division (b) of this section within a period of 180 consecutive days.
(e) Whoever violates this section is guilty of passing bad checks. Except as otherwise provided in this division, passing bad checks is a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the check or checks or other negotiable instrument or instruments are issued or transferred to a single vendor or single other person for the payment of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more, or if the check or checks or other negotiable instrument or instruments are issued or transferred to multiple vendors or persons for the payment of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) or more, passing bad checks is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate State law.
(ORC 2913.11)
(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)
(a) No person shall do any of the following:
(1) Practice deception for the purpose of procuring the issuance of a credit card, when a credit card is issued in actual reliance thereon;
(2) Knowingly buy or sell a credit card from or to a person other than the issuer;
(3) As an officer, employee, or appointee of a political subdivision or as a public servant as defined under R.C. § 2921.01, knowingly misuse a credit card account held by a political subdivision.
(b) No person, with purpose to defraud, shall do any of the following:
(1) Obtain control over a credit card as security for a debt;
(2) Obtain property or services by the use of a credit card, in one or more transactions, knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that the card has expired or been revoked, or was obtained, is retained, or is being used in violation of law;
(3) Furnish property or services upon presentation of a credit card, knowing that the card is being used in violation of law;
(4) Represent or cause to be represented to the issuer of a credit card that property or services have been furnished, knowing that the representation is false.
(c) No person, with purpose to violate this section, shall receive, possess, control, or dispose of a credit card.
(d) Whoever violates this section is guilty of misuse of credit cards.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (d)(3) of this section, a violation of division (a), (b)(1), or (c) of this section is a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in this division or division (d)(3) of this section, a violation of division (b)(2), (3), or (4) of this section is a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the cumulative retail value of the property and services involved in one or more violations of division (b)(2), (3), or (4) of this section which violations involve one or more credit card accounts and occur within a period of 90 consecutive days commencing on the date of the first violation, is one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more, misuse of credit cards is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate State law.
(3) If the victim of the offense is an elderly person or disabled adult, and if the offense involves a violation of division (b)(1) or (b)(2) of this section, misuse of credit cards is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate State law.
(ORC 2913.21)
(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) Division (a) of this section 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)
(d) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 1349.99)
(a) No person shall do any of the following:
(1) Insert or deposit a slug in a coin machine, with purpose to defraud;
(2) Make, possess, or dispose of a slug, with purpose of enabling another to defraud by inserting or depositing it in a coin machine.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of making or using slugs, a misdemeanor of the second degree.
(ORC 2913.33)
(a) No person, with purpose to commit theft or to defraud, shall knowingly enter, force an entrance into, tamper with, or insert any part of an instrument into any coin machine.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of tampering with coin machines, a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the offender previously has been convicted of a violation of this section or of any theft offense as defined in Ohio R.C. 2913.01, tampering with coin machines is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate State law.
(ORC 2911.32)
In a prosecution of a person for a theft offense that alleges that the person, with purpose to defraud or knowing that he or she was facilitating a fraud, hired or rented an aircraft, motor vehicle, motorcycle, motorboat, sailboat, camper, trailer, horse, buggy, or other property or equipment, kept or operated any of the same that has been hired or rented, or engaged accommodations at a hotel, motel, inn, campground, or other hostelry, it is prima facie evidence of purpose to defraud if the person did any of the following:
(a) Used deception to induce the rental agency to furnish the person with the aircraft, motor vehicle, motorcycle, motorboat, sailboat, camper, trailer, horse, buggy, or other property or equipment, or used deception to induce the hostelry to furnish the person with accommodations;
(b) Hired or rented any aircraft, motor vehicle, motorcycle, motorboat, sailboat, camper, trailer, horse, buggy, or other property or equipment, or engaged accommodations, knowing that he or she is without sufficient means to pay the hire or rental;
(c) Absconded without paying the hire or rental;
(d) Knowingly failed to pay the hire or rental as required by the contract of hire or rental, without reasonable excuse for the failure;
(e) Knowingly failed to return hired or rented property as required by the contract of hire or rental, without reasonable excuse for the failure.
(ORC 2913.41)
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