State officials charged Norwich resident Stephanie L. Hart Tuesday with collecting $7,253 in workers' compensation payments while working at a job similar to the one at which she claimed to be injured.

Hart, 45, of 139 Hickory St. was charged with fraudulent claim or receipt of benefits. She was released on a written promise to appear Sept. 1 in Superior Court in Norwich.

According to the Division of Criminal Justice, on Oct. 11, 2016, Hart reported that she had sustained a work-related knee injury while working as an oil delivery driver for Nikko Oil LLC of Canterbury. She received workers' compensation benefits totaling $7,252.87 for what was characterized as a temporary total disability and claimed she was unable to work and not earning any money outside of the disability payment.

In January 2017, the owner of Nikko Oil contacted authorities after learning that Hart was delivering oil for another company while receiving benefits from Nikko through his insurer, Federated Insurance. Video surveillance conducted by Federated Insurance, in addition to security camera footage and electronic signatures at the oil terminal, showed Hart loading oil into a delivery truck on five separate occasions despite her claim that she was injured and could not perform the same duties for Nikko Oil, according to the state.

The case will be prosecuted by the Workers' Compensation Fraud Control Bureau of the Office of the Chief State's Attorney in Rocky Hill.