Charlie Javice (born March 14, 1993)[1] is an American woman indicted for fraud in relation to Frank, a student financial aid application assistance company she founded.
In 2013, Javice graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania after three years with a bachelor's degree in finance and legal studies.
[7] As a freshman at Wharton, she founded PoverUp, an online platform to help students learn more about starting micro-finance clubs.
In 2017, the United States Department of Education accused Frank of potentially misleading customers to believe it was affiliated with the US government, forcing the company to change its website from frankfafsa.com to frank.com.
[18] She was released on a two million dollar bond, on condition that she surrender her passports and restrict her travel to New York City and southern Florida, and agreeing not to contact witnesses who are involved in the case.