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Ohio Rev. Code § 1707.99 (2026)

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Whoever commits any act described in division (A) of section 1707.042 or section 1707.44 of the Revised Code is guilty of a violation of sections 1707.01 to 1707.50 of the Revised Code and the following apply to the offender:

(A) If the value of the funds or securities involved in the offense or the loss to the victim is less than one thousand dollars, the offender is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree, and the court may impose upon the offender an additional fine of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars.

(B) If the value of the funds or securities involved in the offense or the loss to the victim is one thousand dollars or more but less than seven thousand five hundred dollars, the offender is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree, and the court may impose upon the offender an additional fine of not more than five thousand dollars.

(C) If the value of the funds or securities involved in the offense or the loss to the victim is seven thousand five hundred dollars or more but less than thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars, the offender is guilty of a felony of the third degree, and the court may impose upon the offender an additional fine of not more than ten thousand dollars.

(D) If the value of the funds or securities involved in the offense or the loss to the victim is thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars or more but less than one hundred fifty thousand dollars, the offender is guilty of a felony of the second degree, and the court may impose upon the offender an additional fine of not more than fifteen thousand dollars.

(E) If the value of the funds or securities involved in the offense or the loss to the victim is one hundred fifty thousand dollars or more, the offender is guilty of a felony of the first degree, and the court may impose upon the offender an additional fine of not more than twenty thousand dollars.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1956–2015 · leading case: State v. Willan, 41 N.E.3d 366 (Ohio 2015).
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State v. Willan, 41 N.E.3d 366 (Ohio 2015). · cites it 3× “Former R.C. 1707.99(E) provided that any securities offense valued at $100,000 or more was a first-degree felony.”
Burns v. Prudential Sec., Inc., 857 N.E.2d 621 (Ohio Ct. App. 2006). “Pursuant to the federal Exchange Act, PSI could have been subject to censure, had their operations limited or suspended for up to a year, and had the registration of brokers and dealers revoked as a consequence of their actions.”
State v. Castile, 2015 Ohio 5121 (Ohio Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 4× “86 amended R.C. 1707.99 and reclassified the applicable degrees of No.”
Benson v. O'BRIEN, 67 F. Supp. 2d 825 (N.D. Ohio 1999). · cites it 2× “Pursuant Ohio Rev.Code § 1707.99, a violation of Ohio Rev.”
State v. Hirsch, 131 N.E.2d 419 (Ohio Ct. App. 1956). “01 to §1707.99 R. C.). The term “security” in that Act is clearly and carefully defined by §1707.”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 1707.99(B) — 1 case
State v. Castile, 2015 Ohio 5121 (Ohio Ct. App. 2015). “86 amended R.C. 1707.99 and reclassified the applicable degrees of No.”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 1707.99(C) — 1 case
State v. Castile, 2015 Ohio 5121 (Ohio Ct. App. 2015). “86 amended R.C. 1707.99 and reclassified the applicable degrees of No.”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 1707.99(E) — 1 case
State v. Willan, 41 N.E.3d 366 (Ohio 2015). “Former R.C. 1707.99(E) provided that any securities offense valued at $100,000 or more was a first-degree felony.”
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