WESTPORT — A New York woman has been charged in what police said was a multi-state scheme to steal checks mailed by a business, resulting in the loss of more than $100,000.

Anyelina Jimenez-Tavarez, 23, of Bronx, N.Y., was charged Jan. 10 with fifth-degree larceny and third-degree identity theft in connection with the scheme.

Last June 8, police began investigating a complaint filed by a business stating that nine of its checks apparently were stolen from the mail and fraudulently deposited in unrecognized bank accounts in several states.

Total value of the stolen checks was more than $100,000, according to the report.

Over the course of the investigation, police used search warrants to identify several suspects in the check-theft scheme across multiple states.

Jimenez-Tavarez, police said, was responsible for “a small portion of the total loss, approximately $829.”

A warrant for the arrest of Jimenez-Tavarez was issued, and on Jan. 10 the Westport police detective investigating the case took her into custody at Rikers Island prison in New York City where she was being held.

Jimenez-Tavarez was transported back to Westport, where she was formally charged and held on $20,000 bond for arraignment the next day at state Superior Court in Stamford.