a boston woman has been indicted with  fraudulently obtaining $8,000 from the fund set up for victims  of the 2013 boston marathon bombing, and thousands more from  other fundraising, officials said on thursday investigators found that joanna leigh, 41, was at the boston  marathon on april 15, 2013 when two bombs exploded, killing  three people and injuring more than 260, but they argued that  she was not injured, the boston police department said in a  statement leigh was indicted earlier this month by a suffolk county  grand jury on five larceny counts and a charge of making a false  claim to the government, the police department said charged: investigators said joanna leigh, 41, was at the boston marathon on april 15, 2013 when two bombs exploded, , but they have argued that she was not injured  it said leigh received $8,000 from the one fund boston,  which raised nearly $80 million in the aftermath of the attack she also received a combined $28,700 from a middle school  fundraiser, an online campaign and the massachusetts victims of  violent crime compensation fund, according to the police  statement the news comes as the trial of accused bomber, 21 year old  dzhokhar tsarnaev takes place in boston tsarnaev could be  sentenced to death if he is convicted police said leigh did not seek medical treatment for about  two weeks after the bombing, and when she did, she called  herself a 'hero' who ran toward the second explosion 'at a time when most people were asking how they could help,  others were wondering how they could benefit,' suffolk county  district attorney daniel conley was quoted as saying in the  police statement leigh claims the charges are punishment for criticism of the one fund boston over its compensation policies  leigh, who is set to be arraigned on monday, told the boston  globe newspaper that she was injured in the blast, and that the  charges were punishment for her criticizing the one fund boston  over its compensation policies 'i don't think this is about me; i think this is because i  spoke out about the one fund,' she told the globe 'i think this  is about killing the messenger i went after the governor and  the mayor's charity, and i didn't shut up about it, and i caused  them trouble' several others have also been charged with theft from the  fund in january a woman from maine was arrested on charges of  scamming $8,000 from the one fund, and a new york woman was  sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty last  may to fraudulently collecting $480,000 from the fund
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joanna leigh, 41, was at the boston marathon on april 15, 2013 . investigators claim she wasn't injured in the explosions that killed three and injured more than 260 . police say she did not seek medical treatment for about two weeks . leigh blames the charges as punishment for criticizing the one fund boston over its compensation policies 