( CNN ) -- A New York woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to collecting a fraudulent $ 480,000 claim from One Fund Boston , a nonprofit that benefits victims of the Boston Marathon bombings , according to the Massachusetts attorney general 's office . Audrea Gause , 27 , pleaded guilty to a charge of larceny over $ 250 and was sentenced by a Superior Court judge to two and a half to three years in prison , according to a statement from state Attorney General Martha Coakley . `` It is disturbing that this defendant would attempt to steal from the real victims of the marathon bombing through fraud and deceit , '' Coakley said in a statement . Gause was awarded the $ 480,000 after submitting forged medical records in June 2013 indicating she had suffered a traumatic brain injury in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing that resulted in long-term memory loss , impaired speech and the loss of some motor function that would require future surgery , the attorney general 's office said . An investigation into Gause began after the Massachusetts attorney general received a tip that she was not in Boston at the time of the bombing , Coakley told a news conference in July . The attorney general 's office said that the investigation determined that Gause was not a patient at Boston Medical Center on the day of the bombing nor Albany Medical Center at the times she had indicated on her notarized claim form . Investigators were later able to secure the nearly half a million dollars that Gause stole and will return it to One Fund Boston , according to the attorney general 's office . The attorney general 's office said it has charged two other individuals with attempted fraud of One Fund Boston and that both are awaiting trial . The One Fund Boston began distributing nearly $ 61 million to more than 200 claimants starting last June , according to the fund 's website .
A woman pleaded guilty to scamming $ 480,000 from charity , attorney general says . The One Fund Boston is a nonprofit that benefits victims of the Boston Marathon bombings . Audrea Gause was not a patient at hospitals at the times she claimed , investigators say .