( CNN ) A woman who claims she was injured in the Boston Marathon bombing has been charged with stealing money from funds set up for the victims . Joanna Leigh claims the indictment is retribution for her vocal criticism of the way One Fund Boston disbursed the funds . Authorities say Leigh , 41 , collected almost $ 40,000 from One Fund and other sources after claiming to have suffered a brain injury during the attack . They say she received $ 8,000 payment from One Fund Boston , which was set up to compensate bombing victims . She 's also accused of receiving $ 1,700 from a school fundraiser , collecting more than $ 9,000 in contributions from an online fundraiser and getting more than $ 18,000 in benefits from the Massachusetts Victims for Violent Crime compensation fund . The indictment says she also accepted free medical treatment . No one is contesting that Leigh was at the marathon on April 15 , 2013 , the day of the attack . But Boston Police and Suffolk County investigators say she was n't hurt . She apparently did not claim any injury or seek any medical treatment until about two weeks later . `` When she did begin to make those claims , she billed herself as a 'hero ' who ran toward the second blast , '' authorities said . Leigh says the indictment is payback for her criticism of One Fund . She and others have claimed they were n't properly compensated by the fund because of the way it calculated payments . If someone 's injury did n't require an overnight hospital stay , he or she received $ 8,000 . Those who were hospitalized got $ 125,000 or more . `` I do n't think this is about me ; I think this is because I spoke out about The One Fund , '' she told the Boston Globe on Thursday . `` I think this is about killing the messenger . '' Leigh will be arraigned Monday . She intends to plead not guilty . The indictment comes as Dzhokar Tsarnaev stands trial for the bombing that killed three and left more than 260 people maimed or injured . CNN 's Sam Stringer contributed to this report .
Police ##woman Joanna Leigh was at the crime scene but was not injured by the explosion . She is accused of receiving almost $ 40,000 in benefits .