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Christopher Lin

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · CA · Aug 18, 2010 → Dec 20, 2018

2deals (issuers)

$55Mreported sold

172investors

6Form D filings

2010–2018years on file

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Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:22 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: not yet

The short version

Christopher Lin is listed as a director on 6 SEC Form D filings by 2 issuers between Aug 2010 and Dec 2018: RBB Bancorp (Los Angeles, CA — commercial banking — 2010–2018; $55M reported sold to 161 investors) and RB Merger Corp. (Los Angeles, CA — commercial banking — 2010–2016; $1,500 reported sold to 11 investors).

What this means 2 separate companies raised money with this person listed as director, over about 8 years. Across those companies the filings report $55M sold in total.

Listed alongside David Morris (6 shared filings), Peter M Chang (6 shared filings), Ruey Chyr Kao (6 shared filings), Wendell Chen (6 shared filings), Alan Thian (5 shared filings) and 18 others.

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

Public records searched: federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), state securities regulators (AZ, CA, DE, TX, WA) — 1 bankruptcy case matching the name listed in Key records below. Not yet searched: SEC enforcement releases.

What this means 1 record 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.

What the community is saying

Nothing found on Reddit, BiggerPockets or community forums for high-net-worth investors (searched Oct 24, 2026) — search queued; this line updates when it has run.

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

None found in sources searched

What was searched

Sources searched: CourtListener bulk data (RECAP dockets as of 2026-09-30; recall-first rule 10-24) — federal district + bankruptcy courts; live RECAP re-check pending. State courts: not yet searched. PACER: not searched. · Last checked Oct 24, 2026, 2:22 AM ET.

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2. Regulatory actions

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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. — not yet searched.

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: not yet searched.

No SEC search has run yet for this person.

3. Bankruptcies

1 case: 1 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

Christopher A Lin closed

United States Bankruptcy Court, D. New Jersey · No. 22-19778 · Filed Dec 12, 2022 · Closed Mar 17, 2023

Role of Christopher A Lin: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2023-03-17 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗

same full name (rare in federal dockets); 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in NJ (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 yet searched. PACER: not searched (RECAP only). · Last checked Oct 24, 2026, 2:22 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.

4. Differences between public sources

Not made for individual people — comparisons cover issuers and sponsor groups

5. Money to insiders

1 of 5 offerings reports sales commissions totalling $625,000; 0 report finder's fees; 0 report proceeds to related persons.

Offering (latest filing)	Sales commissions	Finder's fees	To insiders	Paid to sell it	Source
Dec 20, 2018 D RBB Bancorp File 021-328626	$625,000	$0	$0	Sandler O'Neill & Partners, L. P. BrokerCheck CRD 23328 ↗	EDGAR ↗
Feb 24, 2016 D RB Merger Corp. File 021-258079	$0	$0	$0	None no CRD number reported	EDGAR ↗
Jul 5, 2013 D/A RBB Bancorp File 021-178218	$0	$0	$0	None listed on this filing	EDGAR ↗
Oct 5, 2010 D RB Merger Corp. File 021-148530	$0	$0	$0	None listed on this filing	EDGAR ↗
Aug 18, 2010 D RBB Bancorp File 021-146623	$0	$0	$0	None listed on this filing	EDGAR ↗

How this is counted

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 2

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

Commercial Banking

RBB Bancorp

Los Angeles, CA · Aug 18, 2010 → Dec 20, 2018 · 4 filings

Dec 20, 2018 · D · $55,000,000 sold of $55,000,000 · 12 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director EDGAR ↗
Jul 5, 2013 · D/A · $54,000,000 sold of $54,000,000 · 161 investors · min. $12 · role: Director EDGAR ↗
May 14, 2012 · D · $52,984,980 sold of $54,000,000 · 111 investors · min. $12 · role: Director EDGAR ↗
Aug 18, 2010 · D · $110,000 sold of $110,000 · 11 investors · min. $10,000 · role: Director EDGAR ↗

Raised $55M from 161 investors (100% of the $55M target) as of the latest filing. Christopher is listed as director on 4 filings for this deal.

Latest filing on EDGAR ↗

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: Commercial Banking / 506(b) (624 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.

Commercial Banking

RB Merger Corp.

Los Angeles, CA · Oct 5, 2010 → Feb 24, 2016 · 2 filings

Feb 24, 2016 · D · $1,500 sold of $1,500 · 1 investors · min. $1,500 · role: Director EDGAR ↗
Oct 5, 2010 · D · $1,500 sold of $1,500 · 11 investors · min. $1,500 · role: Director EDGAR ↗

Raised $1,500 from 11 investors (100% of the $1,500 target) as of the latest filing. Christopher is listed as director on 2 filings for this deal.

Latest filing on EDGAR ↗

Sources

Other pages with the same name (1)

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

Christopher Lin — TN, 4 issuers, Oct 11, 2018 → Oct 15, 2024 · no shared issuer

People around Christopher 23

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

Person

David Morris

Executive Officer · 6 shared filings (2 issuers) · also on 4 other issuers

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

Person

Ruey Chyr Kao

Director · 6 shared filings (2 issuers)

Listed on the same filings as Christopher Lin. Their page shows their other deals.

Person

Wendell Chen

Director · 6 shared filings (2 issuers)

Listed on the same filings as Christopher Lin. Their page shows their other deals.

Person

Peter M Chang

Director · 6 shared filings (2 issuers) · also on 1 other issuer

Listed on the same filings as Christopher Lin. Their page shows their other deals.

Person

Louis Chang

Director · 5 shared filings (2 issuers) · also on 4 other issuers

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

Person

Alan Thian

Executive Officer, Director · 5 shared filings (2 issuers)

Listed on the same filings as Christopher Lin. Their page shows their other deals.

Person

Pei-Chin (Peggy) Huang

Director · 5 shared filings (2 issuers)

Listed on the same filings as Christopher Lin. Their page shows their other deals.

Person

Chie-Min (Christopher) Koo

Director · 5 shared filings (2 issuers)

Listed on the same filings as Christopher Lin. Their page shows their other deals.

Person

Richard B Voake

Executive Officer · 3 shared filings (2 issuers)

Listed on the same filings as Christopher Lin. Their page shows their other deals.

Person

Ko-Yen Lin

Director · 3 shared filings (2 issuers)

Listed on the same filings as Christopher Lin. Their page shows their other deals.

Person

Catherine Thian

Director · 3 shared filings (2 issuers)

Listed on the same filings as Christopher Lin. Their page shows their other deals.

Person

Feng Lin

Director · 3 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 1 other issuer

Listed on the same filings as Christopher Lin. Their page shows their other deals.

Person

Sheng-Cheng Chen

Director · 2 shared filings (2 issuers)

Listed on the same filings as Christopher Lin. Their page shows their other deals.

Person

James Kao

Director · 2 shared filings (2 issuers)

Listed on the same filings as Christopher Lin. Their page shows their other deals.

Person

Paul Lin

Director · 2 shared filings (2 issuers) · also on 2 other issuers

Listed on the same filings as Christopher Lin. Their page shows their other deals.

Person

Richard Lin

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 12 other issuers

Richard Lin is on 13 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

Person

Simon Pang

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Christopher Lin. Their page shows their other deals.

Person

Peggy Huang

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Christopher Lin. Their page shows their other deals.

Person

Christopher Koo

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Christopher Lin. Their page shows their other deals.

Person

Alfonso Lau

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Christopher Lin. Their page shows their other deals.

Person

Raymond Yu

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Christopher Lin. Their page shows their other deals.

Person

Fui Thian

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Christopher Lin. Their page shows their other deals.

Person

Yee Phong (Alan) Thian

Executive Officer, Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Christopher Lin. Their page shows their other deals.

The team behind the deals

Same business address

3 other issuers file from the same address

ETC Global Group LLC Los Angeles, CA · 2014
ETC Global Holdings, Inc. Los Angeles, CA · 2011
ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION CLEARING INC Los Angeles, CA · 2009

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)

Not yet searched. Sources to be searched: SEC Investment Adviser Information Reports — Form ADV data for SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers (file dated 2026-10-02); SEC Investment Adviser Public Disclosure (IAPD) firm search — registered and exempt reporting advisers · Search queued. Results are added automatically; check back later.

Other offering types (Regulation A and Regulation Crowdfunding)

None found in sources searched.

Sources 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 · Last checked Oct 23, 2026, 8:41 PM ET.

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Christopher Lin

The short version

What the community is saying

Key records

1. Lawsuits

2. Regulatory actions

3. Bankruptcies

4. Differences between public sources

5. Money to insiders

Deals 2

People around Christopher 23

The team behind the deals

3 other issuers file from the same address

Registrations and other filings

Adviser registration (Form ADV)

Other offering types (Regulation A and Regulation Crowdfunding)

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