Newsweek has contacted the Ohio Department of Public Safety via email for comment. Why It Matters. SNAP benefits provide food ...

According to the spokesperson, the suspects allegedly bought bulk amounts of candy and energy drinks with the stolen benefits ...

State-level budget discussions have included maintaining work requirements for SNAP participants, along with other ...

A nearly year-long investigation Investigative Unit (OIU) into the use of card skimmers to steal at least $600,000 in ...

A woman and two men from Columbus were indicted earlier this month after allegedly stealing at least $600,000 in food ...

A nearly year-long investigation by the Ohio Investigative Unit (OIU) into a $600,000 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ...

Once approved for SNAP, benefits are deposited monthly into SNAP accounts linked to your Ohio Direction Card, its version of Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards. Ohio SNAP benefits come with ...

ODJFS, which is in charge of administering SNAP benefits in Ohio, says they are seeing an increase in attempts to fraudulently obtain EBT card numbers from SNAP recipients. According to ODJFS ...

“Agents determined that all of the transactions were fraudulent, with Ohio EBT card details being used every 30 to 45 seconds at the Brooklyn terminal, often for transactions as high as $800 ...

including most recently in Ohio, where one recipient found his electronic benefit card (EBT) had been cloned and used in other states. Jason Nichols told WHIOTV that he lost $291 worth of food ...