JPMorgan vs. Frank: Charlie Javice Says Jamie Dimon Had Personal Interest in AcquisitionJavice, who founded the fintech startup that Morgan acquired for $175 million, is accused of fabricating 4 million customer accounts.

The JPMorgan Chase case against a fintech startupaccused of misrepresenting its user basewith millions of fake accounts is heating up. In court papers filed Monday, Charlie Javice — who allegedly colluded with Frank exec Olivier Amar and an unnamed data scientist to make up 4.25 million customers — stated that billionaire Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon was personally interested in acquiring her company.

Fortunereports Dimon allegedly told Javice he thought his company should "get the deal done" prior to the $175 million acquisition. The founder also argues thatJPMorganknew her financial aid company's true size and did the deal anyway. As a result, she is reportedlydemandingthe case go to trial.

In response to questions filed in a Delaware court, Javice wrote thatJPMorgan's对弗兰克相当于“mas提起诉讼sive CYA effort by those responsible inside JPMC (JPMorgan Chase) to shift the blame for a failed and now-regretted acquisition to someone they viewed as an easy target: its young female founder."

Here's more fromFortuneby way of Yahoo Finance:

Javice contends JPMorgan Chase knew exactly what it was getting when it bought Frank, which claimed to simplify the financial aid process, in 2021. The bank only needed to look at public information, valuations for comparable companies at the time, and its own diligence to get an accurate picture of Frank, the court filing said. By its own admission, JPMorgan Chase conducted several weeks of due diligence on Frank during the summer of 2021, Fortune has reported, citing JPMorgan's December lawsuit. Javice, in her initial complaint against JPMorgan for expenses, said the bank committed considerable resources to the deal, involving hundreds of its employees in diligence of Frank

JPMorgan Chase spokesman Pablo Rodriguez responded that the company's "legal claims against Ms. Javice and Mr. Amar are set out in our complaint, along with the key facts. We stand behind our allegations, and this dispute will be resolved through the legal process."