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(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)
(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)
(a) No person shall receive, retain or dispose of property of another, knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that the property has been obtained through commission of a theft offense.
(b) It is not a defense to a charge of receiving stolen property in violation of this section that the property was obtained by means other than through the commission of a theft offense if the property was explicitly represented to the accused person as being obtained through the commission of a theft offense.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of receiving stolen property, a misdemeanor of the first degree. Receiving stolen property is a felony and shall be prosecuted under appropriate State law if:
(1) The value of the property involved is one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more; or
(2) The property involved is:
B. A motor vehicle as defined in Ohio R.C. 4501.01; or
C. A dangerous drug as defined in Ohio R.C. 4729.01.
D. A special purchase article as defined in Ohio R.C. 4737.04 or a bulk merchandise container as defined in Ohio R.C. 4737.012.
(ORC 2913.51)
(a) No person shall possess or have under the person’s control any substance, device, instrument, or article, with purpose to use it criminally.
(b) Each of the following constitutes prima-facie evidence of criminal purpose:
(1) Possession or control of any dangerous ordnance, or the materials or parts for making dangerous ordnance, in the absence of circumstances indicating the dangerous ordnance, materials, or parts are intended for legitimate use;
(2) Possession or control of any substance, device, instrument, or article designed or specially adapted for criminal use;
(3) Possession or control of any substance, device, instrument, or article commonly used for criminal purposes, under circumstances indicating the item is intended for criminal use.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of possessing criminal tools, a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the circumstances indicate that the substance, device, instrument, or article involved in the offense was intended for use in the commission of a felony, possessing criminal tools is a felony and shall be prosecuted under appropriate State law.
(ORC 2923.24)
(a) In giving an estimate of the cost of work to be performed on or material to be supplied for any motor vehicle, no owner, agent or employee of a garage, service station or other place where automobiles or other motor vehicles may be repaired, painted or examined for malfunctions, and no person employed as an appraiser or adjustor for such purposes shall, with intent to deceive, give a false estimate, exclude from the estimate work or material to repair or correct an actual item of damage or malfunction, include in the estimate work or material to repair or correct a nonexistent item of damage or malfunction, or submit a bill or charge for work not performed or material not supplied.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of fraudulent charges or estimates for motor vehicle repair, a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(1964 Code Sec. 134.23)
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