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545.08 GENERAL OFFENSES CODE 116 <br />(3) "Insurer" means any person that is authorized to engage in the business of <br />insurance in this State under Title XXXIX of the Ohio Revised Code; The <br />Ohio Fair Plan Underwriting Association created under Ohio R.C. 3929.43; <br />any health insuring corporation; and any legal entity that is self-insured and <br />provides benefits to its employees or members. <br />(4) "Policy" means a policy, certificate, contract or plan that is issued by an <br />insurer. <br />(5) "Statement" includes, but is not limited to, any notice, letter or <br />memorandum; proof of loss; bill of lading; receipt for payment; invoice, <br />account or other financial statement; estimate of property damage; bill for <br />services; diagnosis or prognosis; prescription; hospital, medical or dental <br />chart or other record; X-Ray, photograph, videotape or movie film; test <br />result; other evidence of loss, injury or expense; computer-generated <br />document; and data in any form. <br />(b) No person, with purpose to defraud or knowing that the person is facilitating a <br />fraud, shall do either of the following: <br />(1) Present to, or cause to be presented to, an insurer any written or oral <br />statement that is part of, or in support of, an application for insurance, a <br />claim for payment pursuant to a policy or a claim for any other benefit <br />pursuant to a policy, knowing that the statement, or any part of the <br />statement, is false or deceptive; <br />(2) Assist, aid, abet, solicit, procure or conspire with another to prepare or <br />make any written or oral statement that is intended to be presented to an <br />insurer as part of, or in support of, an application for insurance, a claim <br />for payment pursuant to a policy, or a claim for any other benefit pursuant <br />to a policy, knowing that the statement, or any part of the statement, is <br />false or deceptive. <br />(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of insurance fraud a misdemeanor of the first <br />degree. If the amount of the claim that is false or deceptive is five hundred dollars ($500.00) or <br />more, insurance fraud is a felony and shall be prosecuted under appropriate State law. <br />' (d) This section shall not be construed to abrogate, waive or modify Ohio R.C. <br />2317.02(A). (ORC 2913.47) <br />545.08 UNAUTHORIZED USE OF PROPERTY. <br />(a) No person shall knowingly use or operate the property of another without the <br />consent of the owner or person authorized to give consent. <br />(b) The affirmative defenses contained in Section 545.06(c) are aff'irmative defenses <br />to a charge under this section. <br />(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of unauthorized use of property. Except as <br />provided in subsection (d) hereof, unauthorized use of property is a misdemeanor of the fourth <br />degree. . <br />(d) If unauthorized use of.property is committed for the purpose of devising or <br />executing a scheme to defraud or to obtain property or services, unauthorized use of property is <br />a misdemeanor of the first degree. Unauthorized use of property is a felony and shall be <br />prosecuted under appropriate State law if: <br />2006 Replacement