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Robert Ciunci

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · PA · Oct 8, 2008 → Jan 31, 2012

2deals (issuers)
$29Mreported sold
4investors
6Form D filings
2008–2012years on file

Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:17 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: not yet

The short version

Robert Ciunci is listed as an executive officer on 6 SEC Form D filings by 2 issuers between Oct 2008 and Jan 2012: Lightning Gaming, Inc. (Boothwyn, PA — manufacturing — 2008–2012; $15.5M reported sold to 2 investors) and LIGHTNING POKER INC (Boothwyn, PA — manufacturing — 2010–2011; $13.5M reported sold to 2 investors).

What this means 2 separate companies raised money with this person listed as executive officer, over about 4 years. Across those companies the filings report $29M sold in total.

Listed alongside Brian Haveson (6 shared filings), Donald Caldwell (6 shared filings), Frederick Tecce (5 shared filings) and Frederick A Tecce (1 shared filing).

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

All 2 issuers belong to the sponsor group Lightning (2 issuers, $14.5M reported sold, 2008–2012).

What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Lightning has 2 companies on file and $14.5M reported sold in total — the group page shows the whole track record in one place.

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.

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Key records

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1. Lawsuits

None found in sources searched

What was searched

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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)

Ciunci v. Gmac Mortgage Corporation closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida · No. 8:01-ap-00057 · Filed Jan 31, 2001 · Closed Nov 28, 2001
Role of Ciunci: Plaintiff · Outcome: Case closed 2001-11-28 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (1 person in Form D filings, 3 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; 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 yet searched. PACER: not searched (RECAP only). · Last checked Oct 24, 2026, 2:17 AM ET.

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4. Differences between public sources

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

5. Money to insiders

0 of 5 offerings report sales commissions; 0 report finder's fees; 0 report proceeds to related persons.

Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
Jan 31, 2012 D
Lightning Gaming, Inc.
File 021-172691
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Jul 7, 2011 D
LIGHTNING POKER INC
File 021-162406
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Jul 6, 2011 D
Lightning Gaming, Inc.
File 021-162360
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Mar 5, 2010 D
LIGHTNING POKER INC
File 021-139292
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Mar 4, 2010 D
Lightning Gaming, Inc.
File 021-114840
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
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 Robert Ciunci on a Form D, newest first. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment.

Manufacturing · group: Lightning

Lightning Gaming, Inc.

Boothwyn, PA · Oct 8, 2008 → Jan 31, 2012 · 4 filings
  • Jan 31, 2012 · D · $1,000,000 sold of $1,000,000 · 1 investors · min. $1,000,000 · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗
  • Jul 6, 2011 · D · $15,500,000 sold of $15,500,000 · 2 investors · min. $1,000,000 · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗
  • Mar 4, 2010 · D · $1,000,000 sold of $1,000,000 · 1 investors · min. $1,000,000 · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗
  • Oct 8, 2008 · D · $15,000 sold of $15,000 · 1 investors · min. $15,000 · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗

Raised $15.5M from 2 investors (100% of the $1M target) as of the latest filing. Robert is listed as executive officer on 4 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.

Manufacturing · group: Lightning

LIGHTNING POKER INC

Boothwyn, PA · Mar 5, 2010 → Jul 7, 2011 · 2 filings
  • Jul 7, 2011 · D · $13,500,000 sold of $13,500,000 · 2 investors · min. $1,000,000 · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗
  • Mar 5, 2010 · D · $2,000,000 sold of $2,000,000 · 2 investors · min. $1,000,000 · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗

Raised $13.5M from 2 investors (100% of the $13.5M target) as of the latest filing. Robert is listed as executive officer 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 Robert 4

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

Person

Donald Caldwell

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

Listed on the same filings as Robert Ciunci. Their page shows their other deals.

Person

Brian Haveson

Executive Officer, Director · 6 shared filings (2 issuers)

Listed on the same filings as Robert Ciunci. Their page shows their other deals.

Person

Frederick Tecce

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

Listed on the same filings as Robert Ciunci. Their page shows their other deals.

Person

Frederick A Tecce

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Robert Ciunci. Their page shows their other deals.

The team behind the deals

Sponsor group

Lightning

2 issuers · 7 filings · $14.5M reported sold · 2008–2012

One team, 2 deal companies. Robert Ciunci is listed on 2 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 Robert Ciunci.

Registrations and other filings

Adviser registration (Form ADV)

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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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