Charlie Javice leaves Manhattan federal court after being sentenced to 85 months in prison for defrauding JPMorgan Chase & Co. on September 29, 2025 in New York City, USA.
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Charlie Javice, who was convicted of fraud JPMorgan Chase After selling her company, she is asking the Trump administration for a pardon, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.
Javice founded a startup called Frank, which JPMorgan acquired in 2021 for $175 million.
Last year she was sentenced to more than seven years in prison for defrauding the bank by exaggerating the number of customers Frank had. She is appealing the verdict.
Frank, which helped users apply for college aid, said it had more than 4 million customers, but in reality there were fewer than 300,000, according to JPMorgan.
The Trump administration is considering a wave of 250 pardons to mark the 250th anniversary of the United States, the Journal previously reported.
A Javice spokesman declined to comment to CNBC and JPMorgan did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the report.
Read the full Wall Street Journal report here.
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