Javice was once honored on Forbes’ “30 under 30” list for finance.
called Frank got slapped with criminal fraud charges on Tuesday on allegations that she used fake customer data to trick JPMorgan Chase into buying her firm for a whopping $175 million.in finance in 2019, was arrested in New Jersey on Monday night and charged with multiple counts of fraud, the feds said on Tuesday.
When JPMorgan asked for proof of Frank’s user base, Javice allegedly paid “outside data scientist” $18,000 to create a fake customer list. The spoofed data allegedly helped to secure JPMorgan’s commitment to a deal. Frank was founded in 2017 and touted as a tool that would help streamline the college financial aid application process for college students and their parents.Javice received a $21 million payout for selling for an equity stake in Frank to JPMorgan and an additional $20 million in the form of a retention bonus, the feds said. Javice and other Frank employees were also given jobs at the bank.
“She lied about Frank’s success in helping millions of students navigate the college financial aid process by making up data to support her claims, and then used that fake information to induce JPMC to enter into a $175 million transaction,” Grewal said.Frank was a college financial aid site.JPMorgan formally shut down Frank in January – with CEO Jamie Dimon decrying the bank’s acquisition of the startup as a “huge mistake.
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