Charlie Javice leaves Manhattan federal courtroom after being sentenced to 85 months in jail for defrauding JPMorgan Chase & Co., in New York Metropolis, U.S., Sept. 29, 2025.
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Charlie Javice, who was convicted of defrauding JPMorgan Chase after promoting her firm, is in search of a pardon from the Trump administration, The Wall Avenue Journal reported Sunday.
Javice based a startup referred to as Frank that JPMorgan acquired in 2021 for $175 million.
Final yr, she was sentenced to greater than seven years in jail for defrauding the financial institution by overstating the variety of clients Frank had. She is interesting the decision.
Frank, which helped customers apply for faculty monetary help, stated it had greater than 4 million clients, however it truly had fewer than 300,000, in response to JPMorgan.
The Trump administration has been contemplating a wave of 250 pardons to mark america’ 250th birthday, the Journal had beforehand reported.
A Javice spokesman declined to remark to CNBC, and JPMorgan didn’t instantly reply to a request for touch upon the report.
Learn the total Wall Avenue Journal report right here.

