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A Port-of-Spain busi­ness­woman has been charged with two counts of fraud fol­low­ing an in­ves­ti­ga­tion by the Fraud Squad.

A state­ment from the TTPS is­sued yes­ter­day stat­ed that the 30-year-old busi­ness­woman al­leged­ly pur­chased a quan­ti­ty of al­co­holic and non-al­co­holic bev­er­ages val­ued at $122,262 from a sup­pli­er, for which she is­sued two cheques—one for $51,991 and an­oth­er for $70,271.

The cheques were ac­cept­ed as pay­ment; how­ev­er, up­on de­posit, both were re­turned dis­hon­oured.