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Steve Vago

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · NY · Oct 30, 2009 → Oct 30, 2009

1deal (issuers)
$182Kreported sold
8investors
1Form D filing
2009year on file
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Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:20 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

Steve Vago is listed as an executive officer on 1 SEC Form D filing by 1 issuer in Oct 2009: WELLFLEET ARAVA SPF LLC (New York, NY — pooled investment fund — 2009; $182K reported sold to 8 investors).

What this means One deal on file with the SEC, filed Oct 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 Gilbert Raker (1 shared filing).

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

Public records searched: federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), SEC enforcement releases, state securities regulators (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FINRA, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, MT, NASAA, NC, ND, NH, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY) — 5 court cases matching the name, 5 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.

What this means 10 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 1 public filing for Steve Vago and found 3 differences, 1 worth asking the sponsor about: 5 bankruptcy cases name the subject or team members; 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 Steve Vago has not run yet — it is joining a line of 60,677 names; searches run around the clock at the hosts' allowed rate. Searched so far: 702 names.

Community comments are quoted as written by their authors. Sources searched: Bing (site:reddit.com / site:biggerpockets.com) and Reddit's own search, plus DuckDuckGo/Brave/BiggerPockets search when they are answering.

Key records

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

1. Lawsuits

5 cases: 3 open, 2 dismissed

Vago v. Revolution Global Staffing, LLC open
District Court, N.D. Illinois · No. 1:26-cv-01057 · Filed Jan 29, 2026
Role of Vago: 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, 15 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in IL (not a filing state)
Erica Vago v. Bank of America, N.A open
District Court, C.D. California · No. 2:25-cv-11348 · Filed Nov 25, 2025
Role of Erica Vago: 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, 15 federal dockets); different first name (erica); court in CA (not a filing state)
Vago v. Ethicon, Inc. open
District Court, N.D. Georgia · No. 1:17-cv-05115 · Filed Dec 12, 2017 · Nature of suit: 367 Health care / pharm
Role of Vago: 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, 15 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in GA (not a filing state)
Northbridge General Insurance Company, Inc. v. Franco Vago S.P.A. dismissed
District Court, E.D. New York · No. 1:13-cv-04246 · Filed Jul 26, 2013 · Closed Jul 8, 2014 · Nature of suit: 450 Interstate commerce
Role of Franco Vago S.P.A.: Defendant · Outcome: Terminated 2014-07-08 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Dismissed: settled Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (3 people in Form D filings, 15 federal dockets); different first name (franco); court in the person's filing state (NY)
Vago v. Beijing Yanchu Gas Technology Co., Ltd dismissed
District Court, S.D. New York · No. 1:09-cv-06202 · Filed Jul 10, 2009 · Closed Oct 5, 2011 · Nature of suit: 140 Negotiable Instrument · Cause: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract
Role of Vago: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2011-10-05 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Dismissed: other Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (3 people in Form D filings, 15 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in the person's filing state (NY)
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, 2:20 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: 48 regulators (FINRA, NASAA, 37 states) — crawled Oct 24, 2026, 8:48 AM ET

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 Steve Vago..

State securities regulators: Securities regulators searched (64,910 actions): FINRA (38,350 actions, 1995–2026), NASAA (31 actions, 2000–2026; listing starts 1997), AK Division of Banking and Securities (273 actions, 1971–2025), AL Securities Commission (880 actions, 2001–2026), AR Securities Department (1,305 actions, 1998–2026), AZ Corporation Commission Securities Division (411 actions, 2017–2026), CA DFPI (25 actions, 2007–2024; listing starts 2002 — 16 of 12,159 DFPI respondent pages read so far; sponsor-name matches are read first), CO Division of Securities (731 actions, 2001–2026; older years from the Internet Archive (snapshot of 2026-05-02)), CT Department of Banking Securities Division (940 actions, 2006–2026; older years from the Internet Archive (snapshot of 2026-04-22)), DC DISB Securities Bureau (25 actions, 2012–2026), DE DOJ Investor Protection Unit (257 actions, 1987–2026), FL Office of Financial Regulation (49 actions, 2018–2026), GA Secretary of State Securities Division (65 actions, 2015–2026; listing starts 2012), HI DCCA Securities Enforcement Branch (26 actions, 2012–2026), ID Department of Finance Securities Bureau (663 actions, 1994–2026), IL Secretary of State Securities Department (4,122 actions, 2003–2023), KS Insurance Department Securities Division (58 actions), KY Department of Financial Institutions (342 actions, 2005–2026), LA Office of Financial Institutions Securities Division (13 actions, 2010–2025; listing starts 2008), MA Secretary of the Commonwealth Securities Division (125 actions, 2012–2025; live site blocks automated access — loaded from the Internet Archive snapshot of 2026-02-04), MD Attorney General Securities Division (1,054 actions, 2004–2026), ME Office of Securities (539 actions, 2000–2026), MI LARA Corporations, Securities & Commercial Licensing Bureau (201 actions), MO Secretary of State Securities Division (919 actions, 1998–2026), MS Secretary of State Securities Division (209 actions, 1995–2026), MT Commissioner of Securities and Insurance (597 actions, 2000–2026), NC Secretary of State Securities Division (265 actions, 2004–2024), ND Securities Department (711 actions, 1990–2026; the regulator no longer publishes this list live — loaded from the Internet Archive snapshot of 2026-01-06), NH Bureau of Securities Regulation (402 actions, 2002–2026), NM Regulation and Licensing Department Securities Division (90 actions, 2010–2025), NV Secretary of State Securities Division (118 actions, 2018–2026), NY Attorney General Investor Protection Bureau (44 actions, 2012–2026), OH Division of Securities (327 actions, 1993–2006), OK Department of Securities (2,531 actions, 1998–2026), OR Division of Financial Regulation (589 actions, 1988–2026), PA Department of Banking and Securities (1,448 actions, 2008–2024; the regulator no longer publishes this list live — loaded from the Internet Archive snapshot of 2024-08-09), RI DBR Securities Division (98 actions, 2005–2025), SC Attorney General Securities Division (540 actions, 2006–2026), SD Division of Insurance – Securities Regulation (106 actions, 2017–2026), TN Department of Commerce and Insurance Securities Division (405 actions, 1992–2026), TX State Securities Board (936 actions, 1999–2026), UT Division of Securities (772 actions, 2000–2026; older years from the Internet Archive (snapshot of 2010-05-27)), VT DFR Securities Division (137 actions, 2010–2026), WA DFI (2,039 actions, 2001–2026), WI DFI Division of Securities (1,072 actions, 1998–2026), WV Securities Commission (State Auditor) (64 actions), WY Secretary of State Compliance Division (6 actions, 2016–2024) — last crawled Oct 24, 2026, 8:48 AM ET. No machine-readable public listing today for IA, IN, MN, NE, NJ, VA (see docs/state-regulators.md).

3. Bankruptcies

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

Vago SportsWorld, Inc. closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Texas · No. 22-30130 · Filed Feb 24, 2022 · Closed Sep 11, 2023
Role of Vago SportsWorld, Inc.: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2023-09-11 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (3 people in Form D filings, 15 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in TX (not a filing state)
American Express Bank v. Vago closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Texas · No. 19-04117 · Filed Oct 21, 2019 · Closed Mar 19, 2020
Role of Vago: Defendant · Outcome: Case closed 2020-03-19 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (3 people in Form D filings, 15 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in TX (not a filing state)
Vago v. Fidelity Bank, fka Community Bank of Dearborn closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Michigan · No. 11-04043 · Filed Jan 5, 2011 · Closed Feb 16, 2018
Role of Vago: Plaintiff · Outcome: Case closed 2018-02-16 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (3 people in Form D filings, 15 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in MI (not a filing state)
Vago v. PNC Bank closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Michigan · No. 11-04042 · Filed Jan 5, 2011 · Closed Mar 2, 2011
Role of Vago: Plaintiff · Outcome: Case closed 2011-03-02 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (3 people in Form D filings, 15 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in MI (not a filing state)
United National Bank v. Vago closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. West Virginia · No. 2:00-ap-00172 · Filed Sep 19, 2000 · Closed Sep 28, 2001
Role of Vago: Defendant · Outcome: Case closed 2001-09-28 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (3 people in Form D filings, 15 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in WV (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, 2:20 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

3 differences found between the filings for Steve Vago — 1 worth asking about (compared 1 filing on Oct 24, 2026)

Worth asking · Sep 19, 2000 – Sep 11, 2023

5 bankruptcy cases name the subject or team members

Bankruptcy case: Vago SportsWorld, Inc. — filed Feb 24, 2022 · Bankruptcy case: American Express Bank v. Vago — filed Oct 21, 2019 · Bankruptcy case: Vago v. Fidelity Bank, fka Community Bank of Dearborn — filed Jan 5, 2011 · Bankruptcy case: Vago v. PNC Bank — filed Jan 5, 2011 · Bankruptcy case: United National Bank v. Vago — filed Sep 19, 2000

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.

Docket · United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Texas ↗Docket · United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Texas ↗Docket · United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Michigan ↗Docket · United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Michigan ↗
Sources
Note · Jul 10, 2009 – Jan 29, 2026

3 court cases name Steve Vago

By role: plaintiff in 3. Newest: "Vago v. Revolution Global Staffing, LLC" (District Court, N.D. Illinois, Jan 29, 2026); "Vago v. Ethicon, Inc." (District Court, N.D. Georgia, Dec 12, 2017); "Vago v. Beijing Yanchu Gas Technology Co., Ltd" (District Court, S.D. New York, Jul 10, 2009). 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 · Vago v. Revolution Global Staffing, LLC ↗Docket · Vago v. Ethicon, Inc. ↗Docket · Vago v. Beijing Yanchu Gas Technology Co., Ltd ↗
Sources
Note · Oct 5, 2009 – Oct 30, 2009

Form D filed 25 days after the first sale — WELLFLEET ARAVA SPF LLC

The filing says the first sale was Oct 5, 2009. The Form D was filed Oct 30, 2009 — 25 days later. The rule: a Form D is generally due within 15 days after the first sale, so this one is 10 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 · Oct 30, 2009 ↗WELLFLEET ARAVA SPF LLC — PartnerFacts page ↗
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

0 of 1 offering report sales commissions; 1 reports finder's fees totalling $12,500; 1 reports proceeds to related persons totalling $12,740. (includes amounts the issuer reported as estimates)

Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
Oct 30, 2009 D
WELLFLEET ARAVA SPF LLC
File 021-135719
$0$12,500$12,740 (est.)
"Certain affiliates of the manager acting through Sandgrain Securities, Inc., will receive a finders fee in connection with an investment by the Issuer into Global Sun Partners, L.P. (""Global""), in the amount of 7% in cash and equity of Global"
Sandgrain Securities, Inc. BrokerCheck CRD 26004 ↗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 Steve Vago on a Form D, newest first. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment.

WA
Pooled Investment Fund

WELLFLEET ARAVA SPF LLC

New York, NY · Oct 30, 2009
  • Oct 30, 2009 · D · $182,000 sold of $182,000 · 8 investors · min. $13,000 · role: Executive Officer (Mr. Vago is an executive officer of the Issuer's Manager, WP Management, Arava, Inc. and an investor in the Issuer.) EDGAR ↗

Raised $182K from 8 investors (100% of the $182K target) as of the latest filing. Steve is listed as executive officer.

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.

People around Steve 1

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

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Person

Gilbert Raker

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

Listed on the same filings as Steve Vago. Their page shows their other deals.

Registrations and other filings

Business registration (state registry / Secretary of State)

Individuals are not matched to business registrations — registries list companies, and a name alone is not enough to tie a person to one. Officers and managers appear by name inside each matched company's record on the issuer pages. Registries searched: AL (Alabama Secretary of State — Business Entity Records (arc-sos.state.al.us), searched by issuer name, data as of Oct 24, 2026); CO (Colorado Secretary of State — Business Entities in Colorado (data.colorado.gov), data as of Oct 23, 2026); CT (Connecticut Secretary of the State — Business Registry (data.ct.gov), data as of Oct 24, 2026); FL (Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations — quarterly corporate data file (Sunbiz), data as of Oct 7, 2026); KY (Kentucky Secretary of State — Business Entity Search (sosbes.sos.ky.gov), searched by issuer name, data as of Oct 24, 2026); NY (New York Department of State — Corporations and Other Entities (data.ny.gov: All Filings + Active Corporations), data as of Oct 20, 2026); OR (Oregon Secretary of State — Active Businesses, All (data.oregon.gov), data as of Oct 20, 2026); PA (Pennsylvania Department of State — Registered Businesses, Current (data.pa.gov), data as of Oct 6, 2026); TX (Texas Comptroller — Active Franchise Taxpayers incl. Secretary of State file data (data.texas.gov), data as of Oct 24, 2026). Registries of other states have not been searched: many publish no bulk file and require a CAPTCHA or bot challenge on their search page, which we do not bypass (Delaware, for example, offers no public bulk file).

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 Steve Vago 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 Steve Vago is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in WELLFLEET ARAVA SPF LLC's SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #366,986 of 374,652 in line (1,386 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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