In a prosecution of a person for a theft offense that alleges that the person, with purpose to defraud or knowing that the person was facilitating a fraud, hired or rented an aircraft, motor vehicle, motorcycle, motorboat, sailboat, camper, trailer, horse or 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 the person was 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 such failure; or
(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)