( CNN ) -- A woman accused of scamming nearly half a million dollars from a nonprofit fund benefiting the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings was arraigned Friday at Boston Municipal Court , a Massachusetts office said . Andrea Gause , 26 , was arrested on July 19 in her hometown of Troy , New York , on a Massachusetts fugitive warrant , a statement from Attorney General Martha Coakley 's office said . Gause is formally charged with larceny over $ 250 , to which she pleaded not guilty . Judge Thomas C. Horgan set her bail at $ 200,000 cash , the statement said . The nonprofit -- The One Fund Boston -- began distributing nearly $ 61 million to 232 eligible claimants starting June 30 , according to a release from the organization . Last Boston bombing victim goes home . Gause was awarded $ 480,000 from the fund after claiming she suffered a traumatic brain injury resulting in long-term memory loss , impaired speech and loss of some motor function that would require future surgery as a result of the Boston Marathon bombing , the attorney general 's office said . After a tip received by both the state attorney general and The One Fund Boston that Gause was not in Boston at the time of the bombing , an official investigation began , Coakley said at a news conference on July 19 . That investigation determined that Gause was never a patient at Boston Medical Center for two days or Albany Medical Center for 10 days , as she declared on her notarized claim form , the statement says . `` She was stealing money from the real victims of the Marathon bombing , and from the people who gave so generously to help them , '' Coakley said . The money has since been returned to the One Fund Boston , Friday 's statement said . Woman gets new leg - and new life - after Boston bombings . The One Fund Boston divided payments between four classifications that were based on the severity of injuries or loss of life , according to the fund 's statement . More than 260 people were wounded and three were killed in the double bombings , which took place near the Boston Marathon finish line on April 15 . Gause will next appear in Boston Municipal Court on September 4 for a pretrial hearing , according to Coakley 's office . Read more : Did missed connections in murder case open door to Boston bombings ?
The nonprofit One Fund Foundation is distributing $ 61 million to victims of the Marathon bombing . One Fund 's claim of suffering a traumatic brain injury got her nearly half a million dollars . Authorities received a tip the woman was not in Boston at the time of the bombing .