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Peter Pela

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · IL · Nov 6, 2009 → Dec 30, 2009

1deal (issuers)
$1.84Mreported sold
18investors
2Form D filings
2009year on file

Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:19 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

Peter Pela is listed as a director on 2 SEC Form D filings by 1 issuer between Nov 2009 and Dec 2009: ITRACS CORP (Oak Brook, IL — other technology — 2009; $1.84M reported sold to 18 investors).

What this means One deal on file with the SEC, filed Dec 2009. 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 Craig R Culbertson (2 shared filings), David Wilhelm (2 shared filings), Elizabeth Given (2 shared filings), I Steven Edelson (2 shared filings), Leslie A Melzer (2 shared filings) and 3 others.

What this means These are the other officers, directors or promoters the companies named on the same forms — the team around Peter. 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) — 3 court cases matching the name, 2 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.

What this means 5 records came back, including 1 court case 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 2 public filings for Peter Pela and found 2 differences, 2 worth asking the sponsor about: Bankruptcy case: Joshua Adam Foskey Smith and Pela W. Elvira-Smith; Peter Pela is no longer listed on the Apr 9, 2010 amendment.

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 Peter Pela has not run yet — it is joining a line of 21,552 names; searches run around the clock at the hosts' allowed rate. Searched so far: 363 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: 1 open, 1 judgment, 1 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY A/S/O ANGELA MCLIN v. OPEN MIND DEVELOPMENTS CORP D/B/A LOMI BY PELA open
District Court, S.D. Indiana · No. 3:24-cv-00159 · Filed Sep 6, 2024
Role of OPEN MIND DEVELOPMENTS CORP D/B/A LOMI BY PELA: Defendant · Outcome: Open — no termination date on the docket (bulk snapshot 2026-09-30) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (1 person in Form D filings, 6 federal dockets); different first name (by); court in IN (not a filing state)
Transamerica Leasing v. P.T. Perusahaan Pela judgment
District Court, S.D. New York · No. 7:97-cv-04478 · Filed Jun 18, 1997 · Closed Sep 24, 1997 · Nature of suit: 190 Other contract actions
Role of P.T. Perusahaan Pela: Defendant · Outcome: Terminated 1997-09-24 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Judgment on default; judgment for plaintiff Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (1 person in Form D filings, 6 federal dockets); different first name (perusahaan); court in NY (not a filing state)
PELA v. PEABODY COAL CO closed
District Court, D. Arizona · No. · Filed Mar 3, 1989 · Closed Jan 11, 1991 · Nature of suit: 791 Employee Retirement Income Security Act
Role of PELA: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 1991-01-11 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Remanded to state court Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (1 person in Form D filings, 6 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in AZ (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, 2:19 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 Peter Pela..

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

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

Joshua Adam Foskey Smith and Pela W. Elvira-Smith open
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Georgia · No. 21-20212 · Filed Aug 27, 2021
Role of Joshua Adam Foskey Smith and Pela W. Elvira-Smith: Debtor · Outcome: Open — no termination date on the docket (bulk snapshot 2026-09-30) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (1 person in Form D filings, 6 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in GA (not a filing state)
John R. Elder and Jennifer Pela Elder closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Louisiana · No. 98-11159 · Filed Jun 1, 1998 · Closed Oct 28, 1999
Role of John R. Elder and Jennifer Pela Elder: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1999-10-28 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (1 person in Form D filings, 6 federal dockets); different first name (jennifer); court in LA (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, 2:19 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

2 differences found between the filings for Peter Pela — 2 worth asking about (compared 2 filings on Oct 24, 2026)

Worth asking · Aug 27, 2021

Bankruptcy case: Joshua Adam Foskey Smith and Pela W. Elvira-Smith — filed Aug 27, 2021

United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Georgia docket "Joshua Adam Foskey Smith and Pela W. Elvira-Smith" filed Aug 27, 2021 (Open). Peter Pela is listed as Debtor ("Joshua Adam Foskey Smith and Pela W. Elvira-Smith"). Our match estimate: 40%.

What this means A bankruptcy filing was found. Many are old or personal and have nothing to do with the deal — but ask what it was and when it closed.

Sources
Worth asking · Dec 30, 2009 – Apr 9, 2010

Peter Pela is no longer listed on the Apr 9, 2010 amendment — ITRACS CORP

Peter Pela appears on the Dec 30, 2009 Form D/A (director) but not on the Apr 9, 2010 Form D/A for the same offering.

What this means People leave, and the issuer must list only current officers, directors and promoters. It is still worth asking why this person left and who replaced them.

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 1 offering — no sales commissions, finder's fees or proceeds to insiders

Per-offering detail
Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
Dec 30, 2009 D/A
ITRACS CORP
File 021-42689
$0$0$0None 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 Peter Pela on a Form D, newest first. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment.

Other Technology

ITRACS CORP

Oak Brook, IL · Nov 6, 2009 → Dec 30, 2009 · 2 filings
  • Dec 30, 2009 · D/A · $1,315,000 sold of $2,300,000 · 16 investors · min. $25,000 · role: Director EDGAR ↗
  • Nov 6, 2009 · D · $700,000 sold of $2,300,000 · 10 investors · min. $25,000 · role: Director EDGAR ↗

Raised $1.84M from 18 investors (80% of the $2.3M target) as of the latest filing. Peter is listed as director on 2 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.

People around Peter 8

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

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Thomas Reedy

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

Listed on the same filings as Peter Pela. Their page shows their other deals.

CC
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Person

Craig R Culbertson

Executive Officer · 2 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Peter Pela. Their page shows their other deals.

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Person

Elizabeth Given

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

Listed on the same filings as Peter Pela. Their page shows their other deals.

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Person

David Wilhelm

Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Peter Pela. Their page shows their other deals.

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Person

W Frank Blount

Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Peter Pela. Their page shows their other deals.

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Person

I Steven Edelson

Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Peter Pela. Their page shows their other deals.

TM
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Person

Thomas Mansheim

Executive Officer · 2 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Peter Pela. Their page shows their other deals.

LM
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Person

Leslie A Melzer

Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Peter Pela. 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 Peter Pela 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 Peter Pela is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in ITRACS CORP's SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #363,246 of 374,652 in line (564 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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