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The 33-year-old founder of the startup student financial aid company Frank has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison.

Prosecutors said Charlie Javice fooled JPMorgan Chase into buying her company for $175 million by inflating her customer count.

She’s the latest young tech executive who vaulted to fame and faced a collapsing company amid fraud allegations.

Charlie Javice, the 33-year-old founder of the startup student financial aid company Frank, has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison.

She’s the latest young tech executive who vaulted to fame and faced a collapsing company amid fraud allegations.

Here’s what the court says happened:

Who is Charlie Javice?

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Charlie Javice was in her mid-20s when she founded Frank, a company that

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