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Michael Ostenson

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · British Columbia, Canada (as filed: A1) · May 31, 2012 → Jan 7, 2014

1deal (issuers)
$243Kreported sold
10investors
4Form D filings
2012–2014years on file
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Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:25 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

Michael Ostenson is listed as an executive officer on 4 SEC Form D filings by 1 issuer between May 2012 and Jan 2014: Premium Exploration Inc (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (as filed: A1) — industry reported as "Other" — 2012–2014; $243K reported sold to 10 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 Grant T. Smith (4 shared filings), Guojian Xu (4 shared filings), Lisa Maxwell (4 shared filings), Mike Vint (4 shared filings), Robert Komarechka (4 shared filings) and 5 others.

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

Public records searched: federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), SEC enforcement releases, state securities regulators (AR, AZ, CA, CT, DE, FINRA, GA, HI, ID, LA, ME, MO, MS, MT, NASAA, NC, NH, NM, OR, RI, TX, WA) — 5 court cases matching the name, 1 bankruptcy case matching the name listed in Key records below.

What this means 6 records came back, including 3 court cases still open — open cases can take years and cost money. 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 4 public filings for Michael Ostenson and found 6 differences: 4 court cases name Michael Ostenson; Michael Ostenson appears on 1 deal that stopped filing before reaching its target; 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 Michael Ostenson has not run yet — it is joining a line of 20,805 names; searches run around the clock at the hosts' allowed rate. Searched so far: 314 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

5 cases: 3 open, 2 judgment

Ostenson v. Trans Union, LLC open
District Court, N.D. Illinois · No. 1:26-cv-07547 · Filed Jun 29, 2026
Role of Ostenson: Plaintiff · Outcome: Open — no termination date on the docket (bulk snapshot 2026-09-30) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (3 people in Form D filings, 9 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in IL (not a filing state)
Ostenson v. Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, The open
District Court, D. Minnesota · No. 0:25-cv-04572 · Filed Dec 9, 2025
Role of Ostenson: Plaintiff · Outcome: Open — no termination date on the docket (bulk snapshot 2026-09-30) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (3 people in Form D filings, 9 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in MN (not a filing state)
Ostenson v. Davol, Inc. open
District Court, S.D. Ohio · No. 2:21-cv-03709 · Filed Jun 21, 2021
Role of Ostenson: Plaintiff · Outcome: Open — no termination date on the docket (bulk snapshot 2026-09-30) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (3 people in Form D filings, 9 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in OH (not a filing state)
Ostenson v. Travelers Insurance judgment
District Court, D. Minnesota · No. 4:92-cv-01174 · Filed Dec 2, 1992 · Closed Jan 3, 1994 · Nature of suit: 791 Employee Retirement Income Security Act
Role of Ostenson: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 1994-01-03 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Judgment on motion before trial; judgment for defendant Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (3 people in Form D filings, 9 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in MN (not a filing state)
Avery-Ostenson v. Energy Exchange judgment
District Court, D. Minnesota · No. 4:92-cv-00486 · Filed May 19, 1992 · Closed Aug 11, 1992 · Nature of suit: 850 Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Role of Avery-Ostenson: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 1992-08-11 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Judgment on default; judgment for plaintiff Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (3 people in Form D filings, 9 federal dockets); different first name (avery); court in MN (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, 2:25 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: NV (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 Michael Ostenson..

State securities regulators: Securities regulators searched (3,318 actions): AZ Corporation Commission Securities Division (411 actions, 2017–2026), CA DFPI (25 actions, 2007–2024; listing starts 2002), DE DOJ Investor Protection Unit (257 actions, 1987–2026), TX State Securities Board (586 actions, 2006–2026), WA DFI (2,039 actions, 2001–2026) — 16 of 12,159 DFPI respondent pages read so far; sponsor-name matches are read first — last crawled Oct 23, 2026, 9:57 PM ET. No machine-readable public listing today for IA, IN, KS, MI, NE, NV (see docs/state-regulators.md).

3. Bankruptcies

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

Michael Dean Ostenson and Rachel Marie Ostenson closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Idaho · No. 02-41043 · Filed May 31, 2002 · Closed Sep 6, 2002
Role of Michael Dean Ostenson and Rachel Marie Ostenson: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2002-09-06 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (3 people in Form D filings, 9 federal dockets); different first name (dean); court in ID (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, 2:25 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

6 differences found between the filings for Michael Ostenson (compared 4 filings on Oct 24, 2026)

Note · Dec 2, 1992 – Jun 29, 2026

4 court cases name Michael Ostenson

By role: plaintiff in 4. Newest: "Ostenson v. Trans Union, LLC" (District Court, N.D. Illinois, Jun 29, 2026); "Ostenson v. Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, The" (District Court, D. Minnesota, Dec 9, 2025); "Ostenson v. Davol, Inc." (District Court, S.D. Ohio, Jun 21, 2021). Some of these are name matches with a match estimate below 95% — check each docket.

What this means Several court cases name this subject. Some are routine business suits. Ask what each was about and how it ended.

Docket · Ostenson v. Trans Union, LLC ↗Docket · Ostenson v. Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, The ↗Docket · Ostenson v. Davol, Inc. ↗Docket · Ostenson v. Travelers Insurance ↗
Sources
Note · Jan 7, 2014

Michael Ostenson appears on 1 deal that stopped filing before reaching its target

Premium Exploration Inc (last filing Jan 7, 2014; $243,179 sold of $972,714). Each has no filing in more than two years and reported under half its target sold.

What this means An issuer whose last filing is more than two years old and reported under half its target sold. The raise may have closed early or quietly stopped. Ask what happened to each.

Premium Exploration Inc — PartnerFacts page ↗
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Note · Dec 19, 2013 – Jan 7, 2014

Form D filed 19 days after the first sale — Premium Exploration Inc

The filing says the first sale was Dec 19, 2013. The Form D was filed Jan 7, 2014 — 19 days later. The rule: a Form D is generally due within 15 days after the first sale, so this one is 4 days past that.

What this means A late notice is common and carries no penalty by itself. It is worth asking the sponsor why the paperwork lagged.

Form D · Jan 7, 2014 ↗Premium Exploration Inc — PartnerFacts page ↗
Sources
Note · Nov 20, 2013 – Jan 7, 2014

Form D filed 48 days after the first sale — Premium Exploration Inc

The filing says the first sale was Nov 20, 2013. The Form D was filed Jan 7, 2014 — 48 days later. The rule: a Form D is generally due within 15 days after the first sale, so this one is 33 days past that.

What this means A late notice is common and carries no penalty by itself. It is worth asking the sponsor why the paperwork lagged.

Form D · Jan 7, 2014 ↗Premium Exploration Inc — PartnerFacts page ↗
Sources
Note · Apr 19, 2012 – May 31, 2012

Form D filed 42 days after the first sale — Premium Exploration Inc

The filing says the first sale was Apr 19, 2012. The Form D was filed May 31, 2012 — 42 days later. The rule: a Form D is generally due within 15 days after the first sale, so this one is 27 days past that.

What this means A late notice is common and carries no penalty by itself. It is worth asking the sponsor why the paperwork lagged.

Form D · May 31, 2012 ↗Premium Exploration Inc — PartnerFacts page ↗
Sources
Note · Apr 19, 2012 – Jan 7, 2014

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 — Premium Exploration Inc (latest filing Jan 7, 2014) · No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — Premium Exploration Inc (latest filing Jan 7, 2014) · No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — Premium Exploration Inc (latest filing Sep 19, 2012) · No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — Premium Exploration Inc (latest filing May 31, 2012)

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

Form D · Jan 7, 2014 ↗Premium Exploration Inc — PartnerFacts page ↗Form D · Jan 7, 2014 ↗Form D · Sep 19, 2012 ↗
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

1 of 4 offerings reports sales commissions totalling $20,147; 0 report finder's fees; 0 report proceeds to related persons.

Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
Jan 7, 2014 D
Premium Exploration Inc
File 021-209409
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Jan 7, 2014 D
Premium Exploration Inc
File 021-209412
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Sep 19, 2012 D
Premium Exploration Inc
File 021-184362
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
May 31, 2012 D
Premium Exploration Inc
File 021-179070
$20,147$0$0Casimir Capital L.P. BrokerCheck CRD 105061 ↗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 1

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

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Premium Exploration Inc

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (as filed: A1) · May 31, 2012 → Jan 7, 2014 · 4 filings
  • Jan 7, 2014 · D · $79,618 sold of $149,869 · 2 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗
  • Jan 7, 2014 · D · $243,179 sold of $972,714 · 10 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗
  • Sep 19, 2012 · D · $128,048 sold of $204,876 · 10 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗
  • May 31, 2012 · D · $87,847 sold of $161,053 · 8 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗

Raised $243K from 10 investors (100% of the $150K target) as of the latest filing. Michael is listed as executive officer 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: 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.

People around Michael 10

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

GS
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Person

Grant T. Smith

Executive Officer · 4 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 4 other issuers

Grant T. Smith is on 5 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

MV
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Person

Mike Vint

Director · 4 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 1 other issuer

Listed on the same filings as Michael Ostenson. Their page shows their other deals.

LM
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Person

Lisa Maxwell

Executive Officer · 4 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 1 other issuer

Listed on the same filings as Michael Ostenson. Their page shows their other deals.

GX
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Person

Guojian Xu

Director · 4 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Michael Ostenson. Their page shows their other deals.

RK
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Person

Robert Komarechka

Director · 4 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Michael Ostenson. Their page shows their other deals.

JR
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Person

John P. Ryan

Executive Officer, Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 17 other issuers

John P. Ryan is on 18 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

CJ
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Person

Colin Jones

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

Listed on the same filings as Michael Ostenson. Their page shows their other deals.

KB
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Person

Ken Booth

Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 5 other issuers

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

CL
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Person

Cesar Lopez

Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 5 other issuers

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

DS
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Person

Del Steiner

Executive Officer, Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Michael Ostenson. Their page shows their other deals.

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 Michael Ostenson 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 Michael Ostenson is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in Premium Exploration Inc's SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #323,036 of 374,652 in line (510 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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