Judge gives Charlie Javice 85 months in prison for fraud

Charlie Javice, who was convicted of fraud for providing fake customer lists to JPMorgan Chase while selling her startup to the bank, was sentenced to 85 months in federal prison Monday.

- RON LIEBER

Federal prosecutors had requested 144 months after a jury found Javice guilty in March of three counts of fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit fraud.

The case drew international attention partly for the brazenness of the crime. Javice's company, Frank, was meant to help students fill out their financial aid forms. Investors saw something else in it: the possibility of building a list of millions of upwardly mobile customers that an acquirer would covet.