COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Boardman Township woman has been ordered to pay more than $18,000 in restitution after the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation found her working as a Steak ‘n Shake manager while collecting disability benefits.

Kristin Stuhldreher, 54, pleaded guilty to a fifth-degree felony count of workers’ compensation fraud in Franklin County Court.

In addition to $18,239 in restitution, Stuhldreher also must serve five years of probation.

“Our investigators found Ms. Stuhldreher worked for seven months in 2017 while concealing her employment from us so she could continue to receive BWC benefits,” said BWC Administrator/CEO Stephanie McCloud. “Clearly, she wasn’t disabled from work.”

According to BWC’s Special Investigations Department, Stuhldreher collected workers’ compensation benefits after suffering an injury in late 2010 while working for another employer.

She required surgery for that injury years later while working for Steak ‘n Shake. She took time off for the surgery but didn’t tell BWC when she returned to work.