(A) No supplier shall commit an unfair or deceptive act or practice in connection with a consumer transaction. Such an unfair or deceptive act or practice by a supplier violates this section whether it occurs before, during, or after the transaction.
You can choose to file a complaint at the Ohio Attorney General's Consumer Protection Section online; by phone at 800-282-0515; or through the postal mail after requesting and receiving a hard copy of the office's complaint form.
Misrepresentation Representing that goods or services are of a particular quality, style or model if that representation is untrue. Making false or misleading statements about the condition of used goods. Representing goods as new when they are used, deteriorated, altered or reconditioned.
Chapter 2913 of the Ohio Revised Code states that fraud, as a criminal act of deception means knowingly deceiving another or causing another to be deceived by any false or misleading representation, by withholding information, by preventing another from acquiring information, or by any other conduct, act, or omission ...
An act or practice is unfair where it (1) causes or is likely to cause substantial injury to consumers, (2) cannot be reasonably avoided by consumers, and (3) is not outweighed by countervailing ben- efits to consumers or to competition.
Agents from the Special Investigations Unit investigate officer-involved critical incidents and OHLEG misuse and help local officers solve felony-level cases of homicide, financial crimes, public corruption and voter fraud, among other crimes.
The Attorney General works to resolve problems through informal dispute resolution. We contact the supplier with whom you have a dispute and ask that business to offer a solution that is agreeable to you.
You can choose to file a complaint at the Ohio Attorney General's Consumer Protection Section online; by phone at 800-282-0515; or through the postal mail after requesting and receiving a hard copy of the office's complaint form.