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William Tolpegin

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · VA · Mar 31, 2020 → Nov 15, 2024

1deal (issuers)
$30Mreported sold
11investors
6Form D filings
2020–2024years on file

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

The short version

William Tolpegin is listed as an executive officer and director on 6 SEC Form D filings by 1 issuer between Mar 2020 and Nov 2024: AURA Network Systems, Inc. (Mclean, VA — telecommunications — 2020–2024; $30M reported sold to 11 investors).

What this means One deal on file with the SEC. 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 Michael Palmer (6 shared filings), Shankar Murugavell (6 shared filings), Tamara Casey (6 shared filings), Bruce Holmes (5 shared filings), Charles Hultman (5 shared filings) and 7 others.

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), state securities regulators (AZ, CA, DE, TX, WA) — none found. Not yet searched: SEC enforcement releases.

What this means Nothing turned up where we looked (2 sources). That does not prove there is nothing — it means none was found in those sources on that date.

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.

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

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.

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3. Bankruptcies

None found in sources searched

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, 2:45 AM ET.

State courts: not yet searched. 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

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

5. Money to insiders

None reported on 6 offerings — no sales commissions, finder's fees or proceeds to insiders

Per-offering detail
Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
Nov 15, 2024 D
AURA Network Systems, Inc.
File 021-529535
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Nov 14, 2022 D
AURA Network Systems, Inc.
File 021-464632
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Aug 3, 2022 D
AURA Network Systems, Inc.
File 021-454765
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Aug 11, 2021 D
AURA Network Systems, Inc.
File 021-409509
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Mar 9, 2021 D
AURA Network Systems, Inc.
File 021-391603
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Mar 31, 2020 D
AURA Network Systems, Inc.
File 021-364075
$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 William Tolpegin on a Form D, newest first. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment.

Telecommunications

AURA Network Systems, Inc.

Mclean, VA · Mar 31, 2020 → Nov 15, 2024 · 6 filings
  • Nov 15, 2024 · D · $1,814,056 sold of $2,620,000 · 6 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer, Director EDGAR ↗
  • Nov 14, 2022 · D · $30,000,000 sold of $55,000,000 · 2 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer, Director EDGAR ↗
  • Aug 3, 2022 · D · $20,050,002 sold of $20,050,002 · 3 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer, Director EDGAR ↗
  • Aug 11, 2021 · D · $27,952,869 sold of $27,952,869 · 11 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer, Director EDGAR ↗
  • Mar 9, 2021 · D · $3,000,000 sold of $3,000,000 · 3 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer, Director EDGAR ↗
  • Mar 31, 2020 · D · $4,250,000 sold of $7,500,000 · 4 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer, Director EDGAR ↗

Raised $30M from 11 investors (100% of the $2.62M target) as of the latest filing. William is listed as executive officer, director on 6 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. "Similar" = offerings in the same industry claiming the same exemption, filed in the last 5 years: Telecommunications / 506(b) (293 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.

People around William 12

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

Person

Michael Palmer

Director · 6 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 2 other issuers

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

Person

Shankar Murugavell

Director · 6 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 1 other issuer

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

Person

Tamara Casey

Executive Officer, Director · 6 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 1 other issuer

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

Person

Shaygan Kheradpir

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

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

Person

Bruce Holmes

Director · 5 shared filings (1 issuer)

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

Person

Margaret Gilligan

Director · 5 shared filings (1 issuer)

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

Person

Timothy Donahue

Director · 5 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 1 other issuer

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

Person

Charles Hultman

Executive Officer · 5 shared filings (1 issuer)

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

Person

Jason Mudrick

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 31 other issuers

Jason Mudrick is on 32 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

Person

Walter Berger

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

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

Person

Peter Leibman

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

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

Person

Louis W. Bremer

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

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

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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