Charlie Javice is finally getting her day in court. On February 18, the millennial founder will try to rebut criminal allegations that she lied to JPMorgan Chase as part of a ploy to get the nation’s biggest bank to buy her startup for $175 million.
The criminal trial, which will take place in lower Manhattan, caps a stunning fall from grace for Javice. In 2021, she was riding high as a media darling who sold her startup, Frank, to JPMorgan Chase after touting it as the “fastest growing college financial planning site.” (You can read Fortune's full story of Javice and JPM here.) In a press release announcing the acquisition, the bank said Frank served five million students at more than 6,000 colleges across the country.
