JPMorgan Chase fraudster Charlie Javice wants to delay her September 29 sentencing, saying she cannot fly.
The delay request is not sitting well with federal prosecutors and Javice’s Manhattan judge. On Monday, they joined in demanding details and supporting evidence.
Prosecutors wondered in a letter to the judge if she can travel by train or car. And the judge himself asked why, exactly, can’t she fly, denying the delay, at least for now.
“I am unable to grant this request, unless I am presented with evidence that travel is likely to be injurious to Defendant’s health,” US District Court Alvin K. Hellerstein wrote.
“I have reserved all day, September 29, 2025, for sentencing,” wrote Hellerstein, who presided over Javice’s trial and her March conviction for tricking JPMorgan, the largest US bank, into paying $175 million for Frank, her student financial aid website.
A delay will interfere with other cases, the judge wrote.
It’s the second sentencing delay requested by Javice, 33, who lives in the Miami area.
Javice was originally due to be sentenced in late August. That date was pushed to September 29 after Javice asked for another month to prepare her sentencing submissions and deal with a private matter, the description of which was redacted from public filings.
Federal prosecutors did not oppose that first delay — but they are opposing this one.
In their letter to the judge, federal prosecutors complained Monday that they remain in the dark over “the specific condition obviating travel to New York.”
Defense lawyers have rebuffed their requests for more detail and have not described “the expected length of time” that the travel difficulty may last, prosecutors told the judge Monday.
Javice’s delay request is dated Thursday and was made public Monday, with heavy redactions and the addition of the judge’s denial.
It notes that Javice’s probation officer does not oppose the delay, and was signed by defense lawyer Ronald S. Sullivan. He did not immediately respond to a request for comment by Business Insider.
Federal prosecutors have recommended that Javice, 33, serve 12 years in prison for lying to JPMorgan about her website’s worth.
A jury found Javice and co-defendant Olivier Amar gave the bank bogus spreadsheets claiming the Frank website had amassed names and contact data for more than 4 million high school students or recent graduates.
In fact, prosecutors argued, the website had data for fewer than 300,000 users, as the bank found out when it tried to market credit cards and checking accounts to students who did not exist.
Javice is hoping for no jail time and zero restitution.
In sentencing submissions earlier this month, Javice claimed responsibility for the fraud and filed nearly 300 pages of legal arguments and support letters touting her life of charitable works and her dreams of becoming a mom.
It’s her second newsworthy request of the judge since her conviction. In April, she asked permission not to wear an ankle monitor pending sentencing, saying the bulky GPS device would interfere with her ability to teach Pilates. The judge rejected the request.
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