WESTPORT — A Norwalk man faces larceny and forgery charges for cashing fraudulent checks totaling nearly $10,000 at offices of the former People’s United Bank late last year, police said.
Andrew Cohen, 21, was charged last month with third-degree larceny, third-degree forgery and conspiracy to commit third-degree forgery.
In April, a People’s investigator looking into cases of suspected fraudulent check cashing told police that five checks drawn on a PNC Bank account — payable to “Andrew Cohen” — had been cashed last December at various People’s United Bank offices, according to the report.
The checks, which also were endorsed by Andrew Cohen, who had an account with People’s, were fraudulent, according to a PNC report to police. The cashed checks resulted in a loss of $9,720 to People’s, police said.
Using surveillance video of the transactions, police investigators identified Cohen, who later allegedly confirmed that he was the man seen cashing the checks in question, according to the report.
A warrant for Cohen’s arrest was issued, and he was taken into custody Sept. 21 by Norwalk police. He was turned over to Westport police and released on a promise to appear for arraignment Sept. 30 at state Superior Court in Stamford.
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