The former branch manager of Auburn's M&T Bank location on Genesee Street is facing a felony grand larceny charge in connection with a scheme she is accused of pulling off on the job, police said.

Andrea D. Ruff was arrested by the Auburn Police Department at 8 a.m. Thursday after she was accused of abusing her power to cash a bad check worth $5,467.

Ruff, 30, of 18 First Ave., Auburn, faces a third-degree grand larceny charge. Police said she allegedly wrote a personal check on Dec. 28, despite knowing she had insufficient funds in her bank account.

Auburn Detective D.L. Parker said the bank should have refused payment on the check, but Ruff was allegedly able to force the check through the system on Jan. 17 because of her management position, and she never reimbursed her employer.

Police started their investigation after the bank brought the case to the department in June.

Detectives then spent a month going through bank account records and collecting statements to substantiate the bank's allegations against Ruff, Parker said.

A warrant for Ruff's arrest had been issued last Wednesday.

Ruff was still awaiting arraignment in Auburn City Court Monday and had not yet been set up on bail.