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  • The story of a young tech entrepreneur facing criminal charges.

  • Now, the 31 year old is accused of fraud for allegedly trying to lure Jp Morgan Chase.

  • So it would acquire her college financial planning start up for $175 million.

  • Abc's Chief business correspondent, Rebecca Jarvis has the details.

  • A prominent CEO in the tech world facing charges.

  • Former Forbes 30 under 30 Frank founder Charlie devise, accused of defrauding Jp Morgan of over $175 million.

  • Javi is charged with multiple counts of fraud and one count of conspiracy.

  • The justice department accusing Javi of falsely and dramatically inflating the number of customers of her company to fraudulently Jp Morgan Chase to acquire Frank for $175 million.

  • These are very serious charges.

  • When you look at wire fraud and mail fraud, they can carry up to 30 years for each count when you add securities fraud.

  • That's another 20 years per count.

  • In 2017, Javi founded Frank, a company that promised prospective students a simpler way to sign up for financial aid.

  • The idea soon catapulting Javi into the spotlight and on camera getting financial aid might seem really, really complicated.

  • But Frank, we've really simplified it for you.

  • The original promise of Frank was that it was going to help a whole bunch of lower income people in particular make it easier to file their federal financial aid forms.

  • But authorities say Javi faked data and repeatedly misrepresented numbers touting that the company had 4.25 million users who signed up for an account.

  • But the real number, according to prosecutors, less than 300,000 when Jp Morgan attempted to verify that information before buying the company devise, allegedly provided fabricated data.

  • A spokesman for Javi says she denies the allegations.

  • Chavis's lawyer, Alex Spiro declined to comment.

  • Rebecca Jarvis ABC News, New York.

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The story of a young tech entrepreneur facing criminal charges.

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