US authorities arrest student loan service Frank founder Charlie Javice; the SEC charges her with falsifying Frank user numbers for JPMorgan's $175M acquisition
and do compare that sentence to every person in jail for a non-violent, cannabis “crime” — and let's remember to free those innocent souls. #justice https://twitter.com/... Alex Roy / @alexroy144 : Maybe we should stop investing in startups until someone figures out what's going on. https://www.justice.gov/... Brian Rumao / @brianrumao : 🚩 when the CEO says “we don't want to end up in orange jumpsuits”, they are going to end up in orange jumpsuits https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/... Will Bunch / @will_bunch : What a banner day for Wharton!! https://twitter.com/... Jay Van Sciver / @hedgeyeindstrls : @Techmeme She should have faked a self-driving video @fundiescapital : Wait, fraud is illegal now? https://twitter.com/... Jeffrey Cane / @jeffrey_cane : Frank had just 293,192 users and about 142,000 users who had at least started a FAFSA (not 4.25M as purported), according to the indictment. This also may be the first time I've seen a Slack conversation cited in a fraud complaint. https://www.justice.gov/... Elie Mystal / @elienyc : SDNY out here acting like it cares about stopping financial fraud while STILL NOT ANSWERING QUESTIONS about why they jailed @MichaelCohen212 but took no actions against the guy who ordered him to do it. I SEE YOU, COWARDS https://www.justice.gov/... David B. Larter / @davidlarter : Don't defraud the banks because you KNOW DoJ is going to go after you hard. Like all those people defrauded by Theranos: Eh, whatevs. ... wait, did her investors lose money? OMG RAID HER HOUSE NOW! https://www.justice.gov/... @nycsouthpaw : Wharton graduate is indicted for falsifying business records, in a way https://www.crainsnewyork.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Today we charged Charlie Javice, founder of the shuttered student loan assistance company previously known as Frank, with fraud in connection with the $175 million sale of the company to JPMorgan Chase Bank in 2021. https://www.sec.gov/...
This JP Morgan getting defrauded by a fintech startup is just such a shitshow. This lady sounds really bad but isnt this what banks do every quarter on ‘earnings’ conference calls? banks sure do get swift justice. https://www.ft.com/...
Lock her up, max sentence — and do compare that sentence to every person in jail for a non-violent, cannabis “crime” — and let's remember to free those innocent souls. #justice https://twitter.com/...
🚩 when the CEO says “we don't want to end up in orange jumpsuits”, they are going to end up in orange jumpsuits https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Frank had just 293,192 users and about 142,000 users who had at least started a FAFSA (not 4.25M as purported), according to the indictment. This also may be the first time I've seen a Slack conversation cited in a fraud complaint. https://www.justice.gov/...
SDNY out here acting like it cares about stopping financial fraud while STILL NOT ANSWERING QUESTIONS about why they jailed @MichaelCohen212 but took no actions against the guy who ordered him to do it. I SEE YOU, COWARDS https://www.justice.gov/...
Don't defraud the banks because you KNOW DoJ is going to go after you hard. Like all those people defrauded by Theranos: Eh, whatevs. ... wait, did her investors lose money? OMG RAID HER HOUSE NOW! https://www.justice.gov/...