Wayne Cheng is listed as an executive officer, director, and promoter on 18 SEC Form D filings by 14 issuers between Oct 2013 and Aug 2026. Largest by amount reported sold: Pacific Castle Fund I, LP (Irvine, CA — other real estate — 2022–2026; $67.3M reported sold to 68 investors), Pacific Castle HB Fund, LLC (Irvine, CA — other real estate — 2017; $36M reported sold to 3 investors), Pacific Castle Lake Elsinore Partners, LLC (Irvine, CA — other real estate — 2018; $7.69M reported sold to 20 investors), Pacific Castle Zinfandel, LLC (Irvine, CA — commercial — 2013; $4.75M reported sold to 2 investors), PACIFIC CASTLE WILLOW CREEK, LLC (Irvine, CA — commercial — 2013; $4.72M reported sold to 2 investors) and 9 more (all listed below).
What this means That is a lot of deals — 14 separate companies raised money with this person listed as executive officer, director, and promoter, over about 13 years. Across those companies the filings report $141M sold in total.
Listed alongside Rod Astarabadi (6 shared filings), General Partner Pacific Castle Management, LLC (2 shared filings, management entity), Pacific Castle Asset Management, LLC (2 shared filings, management entity), ERI/PC Strawberry Creek, LLC (1 shared filing, management entity), General Partner Pacific Castle Asset Management, LLC (1 shared filing, management entity) and 3 others.
What this means These are the other officers, directors or promoters the companies named on the same forms — the team around Wayne. Each name links to their own page.
All 14 issuers belong to the sponsor group Pacific Castle (14 issuers, $78.1M reported sold, 2013–2026).
What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Pacific Castle has 14 companies on file and $78.1M reported sold in total — the group page shows the whole track record in one place.
Public records searched: federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), SEC enforcement releases, state securities regulators (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CT, DE, FINRA, GA, HI, ID, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, MT, NASAA, NC, ND, NH, NM, NV, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY) — 1 bankruptcy case matching the name listed in Key records below.
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.
We compared 18 public filings for Wayne Cheng and found 9 differences, 4 worth asking the sponsor about: 59% of the money raised went to insiders; Form D filed 69 days after the first sale; 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.