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A Cuyahoga County judge issued an arrest warrant Monday for a New York man accused of stealing food-stamp benefits from Ohio families – and using a taxpayer-funded program as a personal piggy bank. Hafedh Al Gahim is facing four felony charges in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court. The Ohio Investigative Unit says he and his company, Buffalo Discount Corp., took more than $125,000 from Ohio SNAP, or food-stamp, recipients.
“Because we feel like if there was more aggressive prosecution, we might have seen more of a change. The total dollars being lost isn’t huge. But to that person, if that’s your food budget for the whole month, it’s a huge impact.”Tony DeNardis knows that firsthand. In December, his monthly food stamp payment disappeared. He was getting ready to celebrate Christmas with family and friends when he learned that he only had $2 left in his account.“I was dumbfounded.
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