Cases | 2004-Ohio-6495(Ohio Ct. App. 2004) | 2018
The defendant was convicted of aggravated arson and insurance fraud following an intentionally-set fire at an apartment building he owned. The defendant was sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to pay $49,548 in restitution to his insurance company as repayment of his fraudulent receipt of money. The defendant appealed, arguing the order of restitution was improper as state law did not authorize restitution to be paid to a defendant’s own insurance company. The appellate court found that, as the defendant’s insurance company was the victim of his offense, the order of restitution to the insurance company was proper. The order of restitution was affirmed.