A New York man has been charged with forcing a woman to participate in a fraudulent check scheme that came to light last month when she tried to cash a forged check at a Berks County bank branch.

Alfredo Davis, 41, of Bronx was charged by Spring Township police with involuntary servitude, access device fraud and identity theft.

Online court records indicate he faces similar charges in Lackawanna County.

According to court records:

On Sept. 24, Spring Township police were called to Mid Penn Bank, 3100 Shillington Road, for a report of a woman who had been identified as a person involved in a fraudulent check-cashing incident a few days earlier at a branch in Allentown.

A bank employee said an older woman asked to cash a check for $2,500. The check was drawn on the account of a St. Lawr

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