Javice Accuses Prosecutors, SEC of ‘Hide-the-Ball’ Tactics (1)

A lawyer representing Charlie Javice accused the US government of deploying “hide-the-ball” legal tactics in an effort to gain an advantage in its criminal prosecution of the Frank founder.

Javice is simultaneously fighting fraud cases brought by JPMorgan Chase & Co., federal prosecutors and the US Securities and Exchange Commission alleging she falsified data to vastly inflate the number of Frank users during negotiations over the bank’s $175 million acquisition of her college loan planning site.

Charlie Javice outside court in New York on Tuesday, April 4, 2023.

Source: Bloomberg

Her lawyer on Wednesday accused the government of gamesmanship, saying the Justice Department has strategically asked the court to pause the SEC’s ...