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William Carter

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · NC · Jun 4, 2020 → Jun 4, 2020

1deal (issuers)
$3.5Mreported sold
20investors
1Form D filing
2020year on file
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Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:46 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

William Carter is listed as a director on 1 SEC Form D filing by 1 issuer in Jun 2020: ATMOSPHERIC PLASMA SOLUTIONS, INC. (Cary, NC — manufacturing — 2020; $3.5M reported sold to 20 investors).

What this means One deal on file with the SEC, filed Jun 2020. 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 Anthony Lengerich (1 shared filing), Glenn Astolfi (1 shared filing), Peter J Yancey (1 shared filing), Richard L. McNeel (1 shared filing) and Robert Earl Ross (1 shared filing).

What this means These are the other officers, directors or promoters the companies named on the same forms — the team around William. 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) — 1 SEC release, 8 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.

What this means 9 records 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 1 public filing for William Carter and found 3 differences: Same name, different state: "William S. Carter" (NE) is a separate record; Same name, different state: "William Carter" (CA) is a separate record; 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 William Carter has not run yet — it is joining a line of 21,185 names; searches run around the clock at the hosts' allowed rate. Searched so far: 333 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

None found in sources searched — federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), checked Oct 24, 2026

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, 2:46 AM ET.

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

1 SEC release

Michael Resnick, Mark P. Kaiser, Timothy J. Lee, and William Carter Litigation release
SEC · Jul 27, 2004 · Parties as named in the release: Michael Resnick, Mark P. Kaiser, Timothy J. Lee, and William Carter Read the release ↗
same full name in the release title; 5 people with this name in Form D filings; the person's filing state is not named
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 William Carter..

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

8 cases: 1 open, 7 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

William Carter open
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. North Carolina · No. 18-04072 · Filed Aug 14, 2018
Role of William Carter: Debtor · Outcome: Open — no termination date on the docket (bulk snapshot 2026-09-30) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 958 federal dockets); 5 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (NC)
William Carter, Jr. closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. North Carolina · No. 17-80868 · Filed Oct 20, 2017 · Closed Apr 18, 2018
Role of William Carter, Jr.: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2018-04-18 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 958 federal dockets); 5 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (NC)
William Carter, Jr. closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. North Carolina · No. 16-80037 · Filed Jan 15, 2016 · Closed Jan 19, 2017
Role of William Carter, Jr.: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2017-01-19 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 958 federal dockets); 5 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (NC)
William Carter, Jr. closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. North Carolina · No. 13-80811 · Filed Jun 27, 2013 · Closed May 3, 2016
Role of William Carter, Jr.: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2016-05-03 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 958 federal dockets); 5 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (NC)
William Carter, Jr. closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. North Carolina · No. 12-80489 · Filed Mar 30, 2012 · Closed Jul 18, 2013
Role of William Carter, Jr.: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2013-07-18 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 958 federal dockets); 5 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (NC)
William Carter closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. North Carolina · No. 09-81781 · Filed Oct 9, 2009 · Closed Jun 19, 2012
Role of William Carter: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2012-06-19 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 958 federal dockets); 5 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (NC)
William Carter closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. North Carolina · No. 04-80964 · Filed Mar 31, 2004 · Closed Feb 6, 2007
Role of William Carter: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2007-02-06 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 958 federal dockets); 5 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (NC)
William Carter closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. North Carolina · No. 03-83327 · Filed Oct 8, 2003 · Closed May 12, 2004
Role of William Carter: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2004-05-12 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 958 federal dockets); 5 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (NC)
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, 2:46 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 William Carter (compared 1 filing on Oct 24, 2026)

Note · Apr 13, 2016 – Apr 10, 2017

Same name, different state: "William S. Carter" (NE) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is NC. A separate record, "William S. Carter" with address state NE, is listed on 2 filings — most recently by AMERICA FIRST MULTIFAMILY INVESTORS, L.P. (Apr 10, 2017). The two records do not overlap in time: this page has one filing dated Jun 4, 2020; the other runs Apr 13, 2016 to Apr 10, 2017.

What this means Could be the same person who moved, or two people with the same name. We keep them apart until a filing ties them together. Check both pages before you decide.

William S. Carter (NE) — PartnerFacts page ↗Form D/A · Apr 10, 2017 ↗AMERICA FIRST MULTIFAMILY INVESTORS, L.P. — PartnerFacts page ↗William Carter (NC) — this page ↗
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Note · Oct 10, 2013

Same name, different state: "William Carter" (CA) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is NC. A separate record, "William Carter" with address state CA, is listed on 1 filing — most recently by Ad Hoc Labs, Inc. (Oct 10, 2013). The two records do not overlap in time: this page has one filing dated Jun 4, 2020; the other has one filing dated Oct 10, 2013.

What this means Could be the same person who moved, or two people with the same name. We keep them apart until a filing ties them together. Check both pages before you decide.

William Carter (CA) — PartnerFacts page ↗Form D · Oct 10, 2013 ↗Ad Hoc Labs, Inc. — PartnerFacts page ↗William Carter (NC) — this page ↗
Sources
Note · Jul 20, 2009

Same name, different state: "William T. Carter" (TX) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is NC. A separate record, "William T. Carter" with address state TX, is listed on 1 filing — most recently by BLACK STONE MINERALS CO LP (Jul 20, 2009). The two records do not overlap in time: this page has one filing dated Jun 4, 2020; the other has one filing dated Jul 20, 2009.

What this means Could be the same person who moved, or two people with the same name. We keep them apart until a filing ties them together. Check both pages before you decide.

William T. Carter (TX) — PartnerFacts page ↗Form D · Jul 20, 2009 ↗BLACK STONE MINERALS CO LP — PartnerFacts page ↗William Carter (NC) — this page ↗
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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
Jun 4, 2020 D
ATMOSPHERIC PLASMA SOLUTIONS, INC.
File 021-368300
$0$0$0
Other than the payment of salaries and other compensation and benefits and reimbursement of expenses, no officer, director, partner, manager or promoter will receive any payments from the proceeds of this offering.
None 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 William Carter on a Form D, newest first. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment.

AP
Manufacturing

ATMOSPHERIC PLASMA SOLUTIONS, INC.

Cary, NC · Jun 4, 2020
  • Jun 4, 2020 · D · $3,500,000 sold of $3,500,000 · 1 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director EDGAR ↗

Raised $3.5M from 20 investors (100% of the $3.5M target) as of the latest filing. William is listed as director.

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: Manufacturing / 506(b) (1,339 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.

Other pages with the same name (4)

Separate person records under the same name, not combined with this page. Each line says whether it shares an issuer with this record.

  • William T. Carter — TX, 1 issuer, Jul 20, 2009 → Jul 20, 2009 · no shared issuer
  • William Carter — CA, 1 issuer, Oct 10, 2013 → Oct 10, 2013 · no shared issuer
  • William S. Carter — NE, 1 issuer, Apr 13, 2016 → Apr 10, 2017 · no shared issuer
  • William H. Carter — NC, 1 issuer, May 15, 2023 → May 15, 2023 · no shared issuer

People around William 5

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

Robert Earl Ross

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 22 other issuers

Robert Earl Ross is on 23 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

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Person

Peter J Yancey

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

Listed on the same filings as William Carter. Their page shows their other deals.

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Person

Glenn Astolfi

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

Listed on the same filings as William Carter. Their page shows their other deals.

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Person

Anthony Lengerich

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as William Carter. Their page shows their other deals.

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Person

Richard L. McNeel

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as William Carter. 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 William Carter 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 William Carter is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in ATMOSPHERIC PLASMA SOLUTIONS, INC.'s SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #214,933 of 374,652 in line (528 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

Look further

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Business registries

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