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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
(A) As used in this section:
(1) “Access device” means any debit or credit card representing a monetary security or retail amount by any financial institution, including a bank, savings bank, savings and loan association, credit union, or business entity.
(2) “Obligation or other security” means an instrument recognized as currency or legal tender or that is issued by the United States treasury, including bills, coins, bonds, or checks.
(B) No person, with purpose to defraud or knowing that the person is facilitating a fraud, shall do any of the following:
(1) Falsely make, forge, counterfeit, or alter any obligation or other security of the United States;
(2) Pass, utter, sell, purchase, conceal, or transfer any counterfeit obligation or other security of the United States;
(3) Possess with the purpose to utter any obligation or other security of the United States, knowing that the obligation or other security has been counterfeited;
(4) Without authorization of the issuer, falsely make, forge, counterfeit, alter, or knowingly possess any access device.
(C) Whoever violates this section is guilty of counterfeiting. Except as otherwise provided in this division, counterfeiting is a felony of the fourth degree, and in addition, the court shall impose on the offender a fine from the range of fines for a felony of the fourth degree that is not less than five hundred dollars.
(1) If the value of the counterfeited obligations or other securities or access devices is five thousand dollars or more and is less than one hundred thousand dollars, or if the offense involves five or more access devices, counterfeiting is a felony of the third degree.
(2) If the value of the counterfeited obligations or other securities or access devices is one hundred thousand dollars or more and is less than one million dollars, counterfeiting is a felony of the second degree.
(3) If the value of the counterfeited obligations or other securities or access devices is one million dollars or more, counterfeiting is a felony of the first degree.
(D) A prosecution for a violation of this section does not preclude a prosecution for a violation of section 2913.02, 2913.31, or 2913.32 of the Revised Code based on the same conduct. However, if an offender is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of this section and is also convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of section 2913.02, 2913.31, or 2913.32 of the Revised Code based on the same conduct involving the same victim that was the basis of the violation of this section, the two or more offenses are allied offenses of similar import under section 2941.25 of the Revised Code.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Ohio Revised Code Title XXIX. Crimes Procedure § 2913.30 - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/oh/title-xxix-crimes-procedure/oh-rev-code-sect-2913-30/
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