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by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack

SDNY COURTHOUSE, April 8 – JPMorgan Chase bought a start-up called Frank, which claimed to have 4 million students signed up to file their FAFSA forms, for $175 million. Then Chase learned Frank had only 300,000 customers.

On April 4, 2023, Frank founder Ms. Charlie Javice was brought before U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Magistrate Judge Barbara C. Moses...

On March 28 Charlie Javice was found guilty - and Olivier Amar too.

On April 1 Judge Hellerstein held a long argument on imposing GPS bracelets pending sentencing - Javice's lawyer handed up an exhibit about Pilates - after which Judge Hellerstein ordered bracelets on both of them - for now...

On April 8, Judge Hellerstein issued a warning: "as to Charlie Javice, Olivier Amar. On March 28, 2025, the jury reached verdicts of guilty against each Defendant for each of four counts charged in this case. Since that time, several jurors have expressed concerns and discomfort from efforts by defense attorneys to contact them and inquire about jury deliberations. One juror's concerns caused the juror to contact the U.S. Marshal Service. Although post-trial communications and contact with jurors are permissible after the jury has been discharged, the New York Rules of Professional Conduct provide that such conduct is impermissible if: "(i) the communication is prohibited by law or court order; (ii) the juror has made known to the lawyer a desire not to communicate; (iii) the communication involves misrepresentation, coercion, duress or harassment; or (iv) the communication is an attempt to influence the juror's actions in future jury service." 22 N.Y.C.R.R. § 1200.0 Rule 3.5(a)(5). Attorneys should ensure that they and any person they might engage do not violate these rules. (Signed by Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein on 4/7/2025)"

Is this for post-verdict challenges? Inner City Press was contacted by jurors after the conviction of Trevor Milton, now pardoned. Will that happen here?

More / critique on X for Subscribers here and Substack here

  This case is USA v. Javice, et al., 1:23-cr-251 (Hellerstein)

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