Charlie Javice, the disgraced founder of college-finance startup Frank, broke down in tears Monday as she begged for forgiveness before being sentenced to seven years for swindling JPMorgan Chase in a $175 million acquisition.

“I feel nervous, to plead before God and before you, Your Honor,” Javice told US District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein, her voice shaking as she stood in Manhattan federal court on Monday before learning her fate.

Javice’s comments to the judge were first reported by the independent journalist and author Matthew Russell Lee , whose Patreon newsletter Inner City Press is devoted to coverage of Manhattan federal cases. 5

“At 28 I did something that does against my grain. I let down those who trusted me. These errors, this complete collapse of character,

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