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USA v. Javice

  1. April 08, 2025

    Attys In Javice Case Warned About Post-Trial Juror Contact

    A Manhattan federal judge on Monday cautioned attorneys in the criminal case against Frank founder Charlie Javice to adhere to the rules governing post-trial contact with jurors who convicted her and another executive on fraud and conspiracy charges stemming from JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s ill-fated acquisition of the educational startup.

  2. April 01, 2025

    Javice Must Don Ankle Bracelet For Now, Despite Pilates Gig

    Frank founder Charlie Javice must wear a location-monitoring ankle bracelet, pending further court review, as she awaits sentencing, following her conviction at trial on fraud and conspiracy charges for purportedly conning JPMorgan Chase & Co. into buying her now-defunct educational startup, in spite of her claims that it will leave her unable to work in her new gig as a fitness instructor.

  3. March 28, 2025

    Startup Founder Guilty In $175M JPMorgan Deal Gone Awry

    A Manhattan federal jury on Friday convicted Frank founder Charlie Javice and another former executive of the educational startup of tricking JPMorgan Chase & Co. into spending $175 million to buy the now-shuttered company by lying about its user base.

  4. March 26, 2025

    Feds Led Jury Astray About $175M JPMorgan Deal, Javice Says

    A lawyer for Frank founder Charlie Javice on Wednesday told a Manhattan federal jury that prosecutors have spent weeks misleading them about evidence purporting to show that she conned JPMorgan Chase & Co. into buying the now-defunct educational startup for $175 million, based on false information.

  5. March 24, 2025

    Feds, Javice Rest In Trial Over JPMorgan's $175M Frank Buy

    Manhattan federal prosecutors and Charlie Javice on Monday both wrapped up their cases in the trial of the former Frank CEO and another executive, who are accused of tricking JPMorgan into buying the education startup for $175 million based on false information.

  6. March 12, 2025

    Capital One Nearly Bought Frank For $125M, Javice Jury Told

    A Capital One investment banker told a New York federal jury on Wednesday that the lender was eyeing student financial aid startup Frank for a potential $125 million acquisition before backing out, $50 million less than what JPMorgan Chase & Co. ultimately paid for the company, the result of what prosecutors say was a scheme to fraudulently induce JPMorgan to make the purchase.

  7. March 06, 2025

    Frank Wanted Artificial Data To Ensure $175M Deal, Jury Told

    A JPMorgan Chase & Co. engineering executive on Thursday told a Manhattan federal jury that Frank founder Charlie Javice and her deputy asked him to produce artificial data for millions of purported users of the education company's services, in order to induce the bank into buying the startup for $175 million.

  8. February 26, 2025

    JPMorgan Paying For Lawyers On Both Sides Of Javice Trial

    JPMorgan Chase, the bank allegedly duped by Frank founder Charlie Javice into paying $175 million for her education startup, is paying legal fees for defense counsel as well as for lawyers representing prosecution witnesses, according to statements in court Wednesday.

  9. February 20, 2025

    JPMorgan Has 'Buyer's Remorse' Over $175M Buy, Javice Says

    Frank founder Charlie Javice believed in her student loan company, her lawyer told a Manhattan federal jury Thursday, pushing back against charges that the executive tricked JPMorgan Chase into a $175 million acquisition by claiming the case is about "buyer's remorse."

  10. February 04, 2025

    Javice's Texts About Elizabeth Holmes Not Fair Game For Trial

    Frank founder Charlie Javice's sympathetic texts about healthcare-sector fraudster Elizabeth Holmes won't be seen by the jury hearing charges that the education startup executive faked data to dupe JPMorgan into a $175 million acquisition, a Manhattan federal judge said Tuesday.