WESTPORT — A New York man has been charged after forging a check in the name of a local business for more than $18,000, police said.

Darmon Vance, 24, of Bronx, N.Y., was charged May 2 with criminal attempt to commit second-degree larceny and criminal attempt to commit second-degree forgery.

Police began investigating a complaint from a local business, received March 28, 2022, that someone forged a fraudulent check for $18,500 using its account data and tried to deposit the check in their personal account.

The fake check was made out to “Darmon Vance,” according to police, who obtained search warrants to gather more evidence. That included information from the TD Bank office where the suspect deposited the check in an account opened by Darmon Vance.

After reviewing the bank’s video surveillance footage recorded on the day the suspect deposited the check, investigators determined the images matched photos of Vance.

A warrant for Vance’s arrest was issued, and he was taken into custody May 2 by Westport police detectives at the Rikers Island Correctional Center in New York City.

He was transported back to Westport, formally charged and released after posting $50,000 bond, police said.

Vance is scheduled to be arraigned May 11 at state Superior Court in Stamford.