A 30-year-old woman on Thursday denied charges of fraudulently obtaining Sh250,000 at the Kisumu chief magistrate court.
Marion Akinyi appeared before Chief Magistrate Lucy Gitari to answer to charges of defrauding a boutique owner.
The court heard that Akinyi who is a supplier of clothes to various boutiques in Kisumu, approached Grace Kamonya on the June 14, with an offer of supplying her with clothes from Dubai on two occasions.
Kamonya agreed to the deal as they had done business for a long time, the clothes were supposed to cost Sh250,000 an amount she says she gave Akinyi who promised to supply the clothes in two weeks.
"I contacted Akinyi who told me that there were some delays that I should give her one more week. After a week she was nowhere to be found, as her phone was out of service," she says.
After the period elapsed, Kamonya decided to report the matter to the police who launched investigations. Akinyi was later arrested on the August 30 in Chemelil where she was running another boutique.
She was released on a cash bail Sh50,000 with surety of a similar amount pending the hearing on the January 13.