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CHARLES BERMAN

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · HI · Nov 18, 2011 → Feb 5, 2015

1deal (issuers)
$2.67Mreported sold
79investors
5Form D filings
2011–2015years on file

Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:24 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

CHARLES BERMAN is listed as an executive officer and director on 5 SEC Form D filings by 1 issuer between Nov 2011 and Feb 2015: GROWER'S SECRET, INC. (Honolulu, HI — industry reported as "Other" — 2011–2015; $2.67M reported sold to 79 investors).

What this means One deal on file with the SEC. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment — it is a notice, not an approval.

Listed alongside Albert Pleus (5 shared filings), MICHAEL ARANOFF (5 shared filings), DEAN HAMADA (3 shared filings) and Wesley Chun (2 shared filings).

What this means These are the other officers, directors or promoters the companies named on the same forms — the team around CHARLES. Each name links to their own page.

The issuer belongs to the sponsor group Gsi (5 issuers, $13.5M reported sold, 2011–2015).

What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Gsi has 5 companies on file and $13.5M reported sold in total — the group page shows the whole track record in one place.

Public records searched: federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), SEC enforcement releases, state securities regulators (AZ, CA, DE, TX, WA) — 3 court cases matching the name, 5 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.

What this means 8 records came back. Each one is listed below with a link to the original document and a line saying why it matched. A name match is not proof it is the same person or company — read the why line and the document. Being sued or named in a release is an accusation, not a finding.

We compared 5 public filings for CHARLES BERMAN and found 5 differences, 1 worth asking the sponsor about: 5 Form Ds were filed more than 15 days after the first sale; and more below.

What this means These are differences between the sponsor's own SEC filings — both values, dates and sources are listed in Key records, section 4. Most have ordinary explanations; ask the sponsor.

What the community is saying

Community search for CHARLES BERMAN has not run yet — it is joining a line of 9,905 names; searches run around the clock at the hosts' allowed rate. Searched so far: 27 names.

Community comments are quoted as written by their authors. Sources searched: BiggerPockets forums (via DuckDuckGo, Brave, Bing and BiggerPockets search) and Reddit (search feed + public archive).

Key records

Five things investors ask first. Items still in human review are counted, not shown.

1. Lawsuits

3 cases: 2 closed (disposition not in docket feed), 1 judgment

United States v. BERMAN, CHARLES LOUIS closed
District Court, Virgin Islands · No. 3:98-cr-00138 · Filed Jul 1, 1998 · Closed Mar 2, 2020 · Nature of suit: 890 Other statutory actions
Role of BERMAN, CHARLES LOUIS: Defendant · Outcome: Terminated 2020-03-02 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 10 federal dockets); 3 people with this name in Form D filings; court in VI (not a filing state); criminal docket
United States v. BERMAN, CHARLES LOUIS closed
District Court, Virgin Islands · No. 3:98-cr-00138 · Filed Jul 1, 1998 · Closed Mar 2, 2020
Role of BERMAN, CHARLES LOUIS: Defendant · Outcome: Terminated 2020-03-02 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 10 federal dockets); 3 people with this name in Form D filings; court in VI (not a filing state); criminal docket
TEAMSTERS HEALTH FUND v. BERMAN, CHARLES TIRE DIST. judgment
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · No. · Filed Apr 6, 1989 · Closed Jul 1, 1989 · Nature of suit: 791 Employee Retirement Income Security Act
Role of BERMAN, CHARLES TIRE DIST.: Defendant · Outcome: Terminated 1989-07-01 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Judgment on default; judgment for plaintiff Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 10 federal dockets); 3 people with this name in Form D filings; court in PA (not a filing state)
What was searched

Sources searched: CourtListener bulk data (RECAP dockets as of 2026-09-30; recall-first rule 10-24) — federal district + bankruptcy courts State courts: not covered (one-tap state court links under Look further). PACER: not searched. · Last checked Oct 24, 2026, 2:24 AM ET.

Court records show docket facts only; we never restate allegations as facts. Outcome wording comes from the docket feed; where it does not state a disposition we say so.

State courts: not covered (one-tap state court links under Look further). No state offers a lawful automated statewide source PartnerFacts can use today. Texas (re:SearchTX) terms prohibit storing results in a database open to third parties; New York (WebCivil) and Massachusetts (MassCourts) require a browser check that blocks scripted queries; California has no statewide index (58 county portals; Rule of Court 2.503 grants name-based access case by case); Florida, Utah and Illinois offer paid or partial access whose terms for automated use are unverified. Washington (dw.courts.wa.gov; bulk index reports under a JISC data-dissemination agreement), Delaware (CourtConnect; Court of Chancery not included) and Arizona (apps.azcourts.gov/publicaccess, which has an official channel to request high-volume access) are the candidates; PartnerFacts will request written permission before any automated search. Federal courts are searched through CourtListener / RECAP.

2. Regulatory actions

None found in sources searched — SEC enforcement releases (index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET) · state securities regulators: AZ, CA, DE, TX, WA (crawled Oct 23, 2026)

What was searched

SEC enforcement searched: SEC litigation releases and administrative proceedings — respondent names in the sec.gov index titles (30,205 releases, 1995-09-19 to 2026-10-23); release text is read only to confirm a candidate. Names that appear only in the body of a release are not found. — Searched SEC litigation releases and administrative proceedings (1995→ / 2007→) (30,205 records as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET) — nothing matched CHARLES BERMAN..

State securities regulators searched: AZ (Corporation Commission Securities Division), CA (DFPI — 16 of 12,159 DFPI respondent pages read so far; sponsor-name matches are read first), DE (DOJ Investor Protection Unit), TX (State Securities Board), WA (DFI) — last crawled Oct 23, 2026, 9:57 PM ET. Other states are not covered.

3. Bankruptcies

5 cases: 5 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

Charles F. Berman closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Maryland · No. 12-30474 · Filed Nov 14, 2012 · Closed Oct 10, 2018
Role of Charles F. Berman: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2018-10-10 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 10 federal dockets); 3 people with this name in Form D filings; court in MD (not a filing state)
Charles Berman closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · No. 02-26177 · Filed Jul 9, 2002 · Closed Oct 31, 2002
Role of Charles Berman: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2002-10-31 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 10 federal dockets); 3 people with this name in Form D filings; court in IL (not a filing state)
Charles S Berman closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. California · No. 2:01-bk-39710 · Filed Oct 3, 2001 · Closed Feb 22, 2002
Role of Charles S Berman: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2002-02-22 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 10 federal dockets); 3 people with this name in Form D filings; court in CA (not a filing state)
Charles H. Berman closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. California · No. 98-11856 · Filed May 19, 1998 · Closed Aug 21, 1998
Role of Charles H. Berman: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1998-08-21 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 10 federal dockets); 3 people with this name in Form D filings; court in CA (not a filing state)
Charles Berman and Rose Berman closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida · No. 8:97-bk-05682 · Filed Apr 10, 1997 · Closed Aug 27, 1997
Role of Charles Berman and Rose Berman: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1997-08-27 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 10 federal dockets); 3 people with this name in Form D filings; court in FL (not a filing state)
What was searched

Sources searched: Federal bankruptcy courts via CourtListener / RECAP archive (federal district courts, federal bankruptcy courts). State courts: not covered (one-tap state court links under Look further). PACER: not searched (RECAP only). · Last checked Oct 24, 2026, 2:24 AM ET.

Court records show docket facts only; we never restate allegations as facts. Outcome wording comes from the docket feed; where it does not state a disposition we say so.

State courts: not covered (one-tap state court links under Look further). No state offers a lawful automated statewide source PartnerFacts can use today. Texas (re:SearchTX) terms prohibit storing results in a database open to third parties; New York (WebCivil) and Massachusetts (MassCourts) require a browser check that blocks scripted queries; California has no statewide index (58 county portals; Rule of Court 2.503 grants name-based access case by case); Florida, Utah and Illinois offer paid or partial access whose terms for automated use are unverified. Washington (dw.courts.wa.gov; bulk index reports under a JISC data-dissemination agreement), Delaware (CourtConnect; Court of Chancery not included) and Arizona (apps.azcourts.gov/publicaccess, which has an official channel to request high-volume access) are the candidates; PartnerFacts will request written permission before any automated search. Federal courts are searched through CourtListener / RECAP.

4. Differences between public sources

Comparisons cover issuers and sponsor groups — see the issuer pages under Deals

5 differences found between the filings for CHARLES BERMAN — 1 worth asking about (compared 5 filings on Oct 24, 2026)

Worth asking · May 1, 2011 – Feb 5, 2015

5 Form Ds were filed more than 15 days after the first sale

Form D filed 280 days after the first sale — GROWER'S SECRET, INC. · Form D filed 249 days after the first sale — GROWER'S SECRET, INC. · Form D filed 235 days after the first sale — GROWER'S SECRET, INC. · Form D filed 104 days after the first sale — GROWER'S SECRET, INC. · Form D filed 201 days after the first sale — GROWER'S SECRET, INC.

What this means Late notices are common and carry no penalty by themselves. A pattern of late paperwork is worth asking the sponsor about.

Sources
Note · May 1, 2011 – Feb 5, 2015

4 offerings have no amendment in the last 12 months and may still be open

No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — GROWER'S SECRET, INC. (latest filing Feb 5, 2015) · No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — GROWER'S SECRET, INC. (latest filing Feb 5, 2015) · No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — GROWER'S SECRET, INC. (latest filing Nov 21, 2011) · No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — GROWER'S SECRET, INC. (latest filing Nov 18, 2011)

What this means SEC rules expect a yearly amendment while an offering is still going. Ask the sponsor which of these raises have closed.

Sources
Note · Nov 18, 2011 – Feb 5, 2015

Industry group changed between filings — GROWER'S SECRET, INC.

"Other Technology" (Nov 18, 2011 to Nov 21, 2011); then "Other" (Feb 5, 2015 to Feb 5, 2015).

What this means The issuer described its business differently on different forms. Often it is just a different box ticked; sometimes the deal itself changed. Ask which business your money is in.

Sources
Note · Apr 5, 2018 – May 29, 2019

Same name, different state: "Charles Berman" (CA) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is HI. A separate record, "Charles Berman" with address state CA, is listed on 4 filings — most recently by Cure Pharmaceutical Holding Corp. (May 29, 2019). The two records do not overlap in time: this page runs Nov 18, 2011 to Feb 5, 2015; the other runs Apr 5, 2018 to May 29, 2019.

What this means Could be the same person who moved, or two people with the same name. We keep them apart until a filing ties them together. Check both pages before you decide.

Sources
Note · Mar 12, 2014

Same name, different state: "Charles H. Berman" (CT) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is HI. A separate record, "Charles H. Berman" with address state CT, is listed on 2 filings — most recently by CBD Caton/Flatbush Feeder A, LLC (Mar 12, 2014). Both records have filings in the same period (Mar 12, 2014).

What this means Two records with one name were active at the same time. That can be one person listing different company addresses, or two different people. We keep them apart until a filing ties them together. Check both pages before you decide.

Sources
What is compared

What is compared: every Form D and D/A we hold for this subject, side by side — filing dates vs. first-sale dates (the 15-day rule), amendment timing on open offerings (the yearly-amendment expectation), amounts sold, investor counts, offering amounts and minimums across amendments, industry and size bands, addresses, how each person's name and role is written, paid sellers' CRD numbers, and (for groups) where the member companies were formed and sit. Everything is as filed by the issuer; the SEC does not check it. Differences are common and usually have ordinary explanations — we show both values, the dates, and the source so you can ask. As of Oct 24, 2026.

5. Money to insiders

None reported on 5 offerings — no sales commissions, finder's fees or proceeds to insiders

Per-offering detail
Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
Feb 5, 2015 D
GROWER'S SECRET, INC.
File 021-233539
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Feb 5, 2015 D
GROWER'S SECRET, INC.
File 021-233568
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Feb 5, 2015 D
GROWER'S SECRET, INC.
File 021-233570
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Nov 21, 2011 D
GROWER'S SECRET, INC.
File 021-169042
$0$0$0
No proceeds were used for payments to any executive officer, director, or promoter of Issuer, except as required for ordinary operating expenses of Issuer, including salaries.
None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Nov 18, 2011 D
GROWER'S SECRET, INC.
File 021-168920
$0$0$0
No proceeds were used for payments to any executive officer, director, or promoter of Issuer, except as required for ordinary operating expenses of Issuer, including salaries.
None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗

Counts come from Form D Items 12–15 on the filings in our index (latest filing per offering; one offering = one SEC file number; an amendment updates its offering rather than adding one). "To insiders" = gross proceeds used for payments to executive officers, directors or promoters. "—" = not reported on that filing. Amounts marked (est.) were reported as estimates. "Paid to sell it" = sales compensation recipients named on that filing (Item 12), each linked to FINRA BrokerCheck when a CRD number is reported.

Counted across every filing this person is listed on (latest filing per offering, per issuer).

Deals 1

Every issuer that named Charles Berman on a Form D, newest first. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment.

Other · group: Gsi

GROWER'S SECRET, INC.

Honolulu, HI · Nov 18, 2011 → Feb 5, 2015 · 5 filings
  • Feb 5, 2015 · D · $2,675,000 sold of $3,000,000 · 5 investors · min. $25,000 · role: Executive Officer, Director EDGAR ↗
  • Feb 5, 2015 · D · $1,500,000 sold of $1,500,000 · 1 investors · min. $1,500,000 · role: Executive Officer, Director EDGAR ↗
  • Feb 5, 2015 · D · $250,000 sold of $12,000,000 · 1 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer, Director EDGAR ↗
  • Nov 21, 2011 · D · $1,062,500 sold of $3,000,000 · 3 investors · min. $25,000 · role: Executive Officer, Director EDGAR ↗
  • Nov 18, 2011 · D · $525,000 sold of $1,000,000 · 2 investors · min. $25,000 · role: Executive Officer, Director EDGAR ↗

Raised $2.67M from 79 investors (89% of the $3M target) as of the latest filing. Charles is listed as executive officer, director on 5 filings for this deal.

Sources

Every row is a Form D or D/A on which the issuer listed this name as a related person. Amount sold and investors are the maximum reported on any filing for this issuer. "Similar" = offerings in the same industry claiming the same exemption, filed in the last 5 years: Other / 506(b) (18,678 filings); ranges are the middle half (25th–75th percentile). Computed by PartnerFacts from SEC EDGAR Form D data as of Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET. Rows without a range: fewer than 30 comparable filings, or not a Rule 506 offering. No ranking or score.

Other pages with the same name (2)

Separate person records under the same name, not combined with this page. Each line says whether it shares an issuer with this record.

  • Charles H. Berman — CT, 2 issuers, Mar 12, 2014 → Mar 12, 2014 · no shared issuer
  • Charles Berman — CA, 2 issuers, Apr 5, 2018 → May 29, 2019 · no shared issuer

People around Charles 4

Officers, directors, promoters and management entities named on the same filings, as of Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET.

AP
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Person

Albert Pleus

Director, Executive Officer · 5 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 5 other issuers

Albert Pleus is on 6 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

MA
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Person

MICHAEL ARANOFF

Executive Officer · 5 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 3 other issuers

Listed on the same filings as Charles Berman. Their page shows their other deals.

DH
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Person

DEAN HAMADA

Executive Officer · 3 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Charles Berman. Their page shows their other deals.

WC
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Person

Wesley Chun

Executive Officer · 2 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Charles Berman. Their page shows their other deals.

The team behind the deals

Sponsor group

Gsi

5 issuers · 13 filings · $13.5M reported sold · 2011–2015

One team, 5 deal companies. Charles Berman is listed on 1 of them.

Sources

Issuers are grouped when their Form D filings share related persons, a management entity or a business address (automatic match from the filings). "Listed" marks the issuers that name CHARLES BERMAN.

Same business address

1 other issuer file from the same address

A shared address can mean the same team, a shared office building or a registered agent. It is a lead, not a conclusion.

Registrations and other filings

Adviser registration (Form ADV)

None of the 1 issuer this person is listed on appears in Form ADV (searched 24,962 advisers as of Oct 2, 2026). A person is never an adviser firm; Form ADV is checked for the issuers and the management companies they are listed with.

Other offering types (Regulation A and Regulation Crowdfunding)

Searched SEC Regulation A Data Sets (Forms 1-A, 1-K, 1-Z; 2015 Q2 → 2026 Q3); SEC Crowdfunding Offerings Data Sets (Form C family; 2016 Q2 → 2026 Q3); EDGAR form index for 2026 Q3 → 2026 Q4 (51,358 records as of Oct 23, 2026, 8:41 PM ET) — nothing matched this name.

Property records none — individuals are not matched

Property records are matched to companies only, never to individuals, so none are matched to CHARLES BERMAN by design. Searched property records in Hillsborough County FL (Clerk recorded-document index Oct 14, 2026 to Oct 15, 2026 + FL DOR 2026 ownership roll), Miami-Dade County FL (FL DOR 2026 ownership roll), Harris County TX (HCAD 2026 ownership roll), Dallas County TX (DCAD 2026 ownership roll), New York City ACRIS documents and PLUTO ownership rows already retrieved for other issuers, Cook County IL sale and ownership rows already retrieved for other issuers (814,874 records as of Oct 23, 2026, 8:59 PM ET) for the 1 issuer this person is listed on — nothing matched.

Public profiles and social

Websites and social links of the issuers Charles Berman is listed on, as found in their SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV, EDGAR profile) or on the sponsor's own site; none belongs to the person unless the sponsor's site says so. Checked Oct 24, 2026.

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Found on the sponsor's own site

growerssecret.com ↗ found on GROWER'S SECRET, INC. (growerssecret.com — Form C 0001138738-25-000005 (issuer website as filed))

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