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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Larry Neumeister

Founder of student aid startup Frank faces criminal trial over whether she defrauded JPMorgan Chase

A Florida woman backed by wealthy advisers who created a company to make it easier for college students to apply for financial aid went on trial Thursday on criminal charges that she defrauded JPMorgan Chase & Co. in a $175 million buyout deal.

Frank founder Charlie Javice committed a “massive fraud” by telling lies to claim her company had millions of customers when it only had about 400,000 clients as she closed in on a deal in the summer of 2021, Assistant U.S. Attorney Rushmi Bhaskaran told jurors in an opening statement at the trial of Javice and another former Frank executive.

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