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February 26, 2025

The Frank Fraud Fiasco: Another FinTech Startup Darling Faces the Music!

Charlie Javice, the once-celebrated wunderkind behind the FinTech startup Frank, now finds herself in the dock, accused of orchestrating a “massive fraud” that duped JPMorgan Chase & Co. into a $175 million takeover bid in 2021. The trial, unfolding in a Manhattan federal courtroom as of February 2025, paints a picture of a Silicon Valley fairy tale gone sour.
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May 9, 2023

U.S. Court Ordered JPMorgan To Pay Legal Fees Of Frank Founder Charlie Javice!

A wild startup story, indeed. Charlie Javice sold her startup Frank for $175 million. Allegedly, however, the number of users would have been inflated by more than 10-fold, JPMorgan claims in a lawsuit - and fired Javice. The U.S. DOJ has also charged Javice with the alleged $175 million fraud. A judge has ordered JPMorgan to bear the defense costs of Javice in response to the bank's lawsuit as part of her agreement to sell Frank to the bank in 2021.
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April 14, 2023

Missing Millions: JPMorgan Wants To Question Frank Founder About Transfers Of Millions Of Dollars.

JPMorgan said Frank founder Charlie Javice transferred millions of dollars to a shell company after the bank discovered it had been defrauded in acquiring her college financial planning site. The U.S. bank is suing Javice for fraud and asked a judge for permission to question her under oath and seek evidence about the transfers to Chariot Holdings X LLC, a Nevada company she set up in September 2022. Javice is also sued by the SEC and charged by U.S. prosecutors.
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March 3, 2023

Not ING! How U.S Banking Giant JP Morgan Deals With Its Disastrous FinTech Takeover Deal!

In the U.S., the banking giant JP Morgan paid $175 million for Frank, a fintech startup founded by former CEO Charlie Javice in 2016. Frank offers software to improve the student loan application process for young Americans seeking financial aid. Now, JP Morgan is suing the 30-year-old founder and the startup's former Chief Growth Officer, Olivier Amar for allegedly lying about its scale and success by creating an enormous list of fake users to entice the financial giant to buy it.
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