Frank Creer

FEC records reveal modest political donations: Hatch Election Committee (1987, 1000, employer Utah Idaho Supply); Garn Campaign (1979, 250, Utah/Idaho School Supply); Bush-Cheney 04 (2003, 2000); Romney for President (2007-2008, multiple donations totaling ~4600 with partial refund). All donations as Republican. Early donations (1979, 1987) list employer as Utah/Idaho School Supply in Salt Lake City — family business before entering venture capital. Address: 241 S Figueroa #340, Los Angeles CA 90012 (Zone Ventures office).

The FEC record provides two key intelligence insights: (1) Creer's family business was Utah/Idaho School Supply, a Salt Lake City company, suggesting a middle-class Utah upbringing rather than Silicon Valley origins. (2) His political giving is modest for a VC managing director — ~9K total over decades. He is not buying political access through campaign donations. If the FBI allegation about gaining access to politicians through QWave is true, it was not through the FEC-reportable channel.

DivX Form 4: Creer sold 17,500 shares at $7.34 avg on July 6, 2010 under Rule 10b5-1 plan, holding 8,842 shares direct plus 158,056 indirect via Zone Venture Fund partnerships

Frank Creer (CIK 1126340) Form 4 filed 2010-07-08 for DivX Inc (DIVX): (1) Sold 17,500 shares at weighted avg $7.3408 on 2010-07-06 under Rule 10b5-1 plan adopted June 3, 2010. Transactions executed in multiple trades $7.27-$7.44. Direct holding post-sale: 8,842 shares. (2) Indirect holding via Zone Venture Fund partnerships: 111,433 shares in Zone Venture Fund II LP + 45,632 shares in Zone Venture Fund II Annex LP + 991 shares in Zone Ventures Management Company II LLC = 158,056 total indirect. Note: Creer had a pre-planned 10b5-1 trading plan, suggesting no acute insider knowledge concern for this specific transaction. Zone Ventures Management Company II LLC is GP of both Zone Venture Fund II entities.

Frank Creer has EDGAR CIK 0001126340 with 19 SEC insider transaction filings (Forms 3/4/4A), all for DivX Inc (CIK 0001342960), filed 2006-2010. This confirms his DivX board tenure. Also connected to Zone Venture Fund II LP (CIK 0001085236), Zone Venture Fund II Annex LP (CIK 0001300123), and Draper Atlantic-family entities in SEC filings. No 8-K, 10-K, or enforcement filings.

Draper Hero Institute 2023 990 (final year before July 2024 termination) shows $74,524 in total transfers to Hero Training Foundation: $23,185 cash + $51,339 non-cash. The non-cash component exceeds the cash 2.2:1. DHI reported negative revenue (-$37,462), $695,807 in expenses, and $0 assets at end of 2023 — organization was being wound down. Frank Creer was CEO/President (unpaid) alongside Chairman Timothy Draper.

FEC donation history for Frank Creer confirms Zone Ventures affiliation and employer timeline: 1979 (Utah/Idaho School Supply), 1987 (Utah Idaho Supply), 2001-2008 (Zone Ventures - Managing Director). Most recent: 2008 Romney refund -$2,300 on 2008-03-24. No donations after 2008, no record of Opteris Funds or QWave Capital as employer. Earlier FEC donors (1979 Garn Campaign, 1987 Hatch Election) confirm Utah roots consistent with Frank Moyle Creer born ~1964 UT.

Draper Hero Institute received $805,000 from The Draper Foundation (EIN 943256415) in 2018. Desiree Omran serves as CFO for both DHI and The Draper Foundation — demonstrating organizational overlap. The Draper Foundation is Timothy Draper's family foundation with $130M in assets (2023). The sole grant from DHI in 2023 was $74,524 (cash+non-cash) to Hero Training Foundation in Killeen TX.

SEC filings confirm Creer and Tim Draper are co-managing partners of Zone Venture Fund II via Zone Ventures Management Co II LLC. Creer managing member directly; Draper via Draper Franchise LLC. Zone Fund II was major DivX investor (2M+ shares). Creer CIK 1126340.

QWave Capital is the bridge between DFJ world and Kouzmine/Tambovskaya. Creer was Managing Director of QWave Capital (per Bloomberg/Clay profile). QWave co-founded 2012 by Kouzmine (Tambovskaya mafia economist) and Beloussov (Acronis/Parallels founder). QWave invested in Centice Corp where Creer and Kouzmine both served as board directors. The pathway: Draper/DFJ -> Zone Ventures -> Creer -> QWave Capital -> Kouzmine/Beloussov -> Centice Corp board.

Multiple sources confirm Creer held Managing Director title at QWave Capital. Bloomberg profile lists Zone Ventures, QWave Capital, and Wasatch Venture Fund as his three MD positions. QWave invested in Centice and placed Kouzmine on the board, where he served alongside Creer. The FBI ARMS Reach memo specifically alleges Creer funneled money through QWave to gain political access. This is the connection mechanism between the DFJ venture network and Russian organized crime finance.

SEC filings confirm Creer and Serguei Kouzmine (Beloussov QWave co-founder) are co-directors at Centice Corp (CIK 1415617, Delaware, Morrisville NC). Independent corroboration of FBI memo. Other directors: Vladimir Yakushev, Aidar Gabidullin.

Creer joined QWave Capital as venture partner. QWave was co-founded by Serguei Beloussov and Serguei Kouzmine (December 2012, ~M fund). FBI memo EFTA00129096 notes Creer's role as 'Chief [MD?]' for QWave since April 2021, framing it alongside Beloussov's connections to Kouzmine and Ritzio Entertainment (gambling) with Russian oligarch Oleg Boyko.

Centice Corp (CIK 1415617): Creer and Kouzmine confirmed as co-directors in 2013-2014 Form D filings

Centice Corp (Morrisville NC, Delaware incorporated, formerly Optopo Inc) Form D/A 2014-01-06 and Form D 2013-10-10 list co-directors: Frank Creer, Serguei Kouzmine, Vladimir Yakushev, Aidar Gabidullin, Matthew Nelson, Prasant Potuluri. CEO: John Goehrke. Exec Officer: Robert McLaughlin. Total offering $1.5M equity. Prior 2010-2012 filings showed different leadership (Scott Albert, Tom Scholl, David Brady). Creer and Kouzmine appear from October 2013, representing a board restructuring. Address: 215 Southport Drive, Suite 1000, Morrisville NC 27560.

Two Chapter 7 bankruptcies filed in E.D. Virginia: (1) Frank C. Creer and Jean M. Creer, Case 97-36xxx, filed 1997-11-12, terminated 1998-02-24. (2) Frank C. Creer and Jean M. Creer, Case 05-39367, filed 2005-10-04, terminated 2006-01-16. Both assigned to Judge Douglas O. Tice. Different from Frank Moyle Creer? Virginia location does not match Creer's known residences (Utah, California). Could be a different Frank C. Creer.

These bankruptcies warrant verification. The Frank Creer we are investigating has known addresses in Salt Lake City (1979-1994), Los Angeles (1998+), and Redwood City/San Mateo CA. E.D. Virginia is not a jurisdiction where he is known to have resided. The spouse name Jean M. Creer does not appear in any other records for Frank Moyle Creer. These may be a different person named Frank C. Creer.

Co-defendant (dismissed) with Steve Westly (DFJ partner) in Lunera Lighting fraud case (N.D. Cal. 3:21-cv-08489). Chinese LED mfr alleged board stripped assets while insolvent (11M judgment). Creer claims dismissed for lack of individual culpability; Westly survived dismissal.

Frank Creer was named as one of seven Director Defendants in Jiaxing Super Lighting Electric Appliance Co., LTD. v. Bruggeman (N.D. Cal. 3:21-cv-08489), the Lunera Lighting fraud case. In June 8 2022 MTD ruling (Doc 72), Judge Maxine Chesney dismissed ALL claims against Creer (breach of fiduciary duty, fraudulent transfer of inventory x2) for lack of sufficient 'knowing participation' allegations - only attendance at board meetings where proposals were discussed was alleged. Claims survived against Bruggeman and Westly. Context: Lunera was insolvent from Dec 31, 2017; sold $2M inventory for $75K and 37 patents for $125K to creditors; $11M+ arbitration award vs Lunera unpaid; Lunera dissolved July 30, 2019. Case terminated March 2025 - Creer was effectively cleared at pleading stage.

Two Chapter 7 personal bankruptcies in E.D. Virginia filed under name 'Frank C. Creer and Jean M. Creer': (1) Case 97-37920 filed Nov 12, 1997, terminated Feb 24, 1998, both cases assigned to Judge Douglas O. Tice. (2) Case 05-39367 filed Oct 4, 2005, terminated Jan 16, 2006. Both cases in E.D. Virginia, co-debtor named Jean M. Creer. Virginia location conflicts with known California/Utah profile for Frank Moyle Creer. No Centice Corp (Creer's board role with Kouzmine) filing dates overlap — Centice Corp was registered 2007. The 2005 case's timing (Oct 4, 2005) is notably close to Kouzmine's own Ch. 7 bankruptcy filing in D. Nevada (Oct 11, 2005, case 05-22601). Connection to investigative subject Frank Moyle Creer NOT CONFIRMED — Virginia location requires verification.

Lunera MTD Doc 72 full text confirms Creer dismissed on ALL counts: (1) Breach of Fiduciary Duty GRANTED as to Creer, McArthur, Coglizer, Rock — 'no allegations from which the Court can reasonably infer that McArthur, Creer, Coglizer, or Rock actually participated in that decision'; (2) Fraudulent Transfer of Inventory AND Patents also GRANTED as to Creer and four others. Only Bruggeman and Westly survived. Key legal holding: director liability requires specific 'knowing participation' — mere attendance at a board meeting where transfers were approved is insufficient. Leave to amend was granted; SAC filed; case eventually terminated March 24, 2025. Creer was never added back as a defendant in the SAC or later amended complaints. Agent review confirms prior finding 9287 understated one detail: Greenberg survived breach of fiduciary duty but was dismissed on fraudulent transfer.

Virginia bankruptcies Frank C. Creer and Jean M. Creer IDENTITY NOT CONFIRMED as Frank Moyle Creer. Both cases (97-37920, filed Nov 1997; 05-39367, filed Oct 2005) are in E.D. Virginia under Judge Douglas O. Tice. Docket 49921079 (2005 case) is BLOCKED on CourtListener — cannot access debtor address, employer, or occupation. Frank Moyle Creer documented in California/Utah in 1990s-2000s (Wasatch Venture Fund 1994, Zone Ventures). Virginia domicile across two separate filings over 8 years is inconsistent with California-based VC career trajectory. Jean M. Creer as co-debtor in both filings suggests stable Virginia married couple. Timing proximity to Kouzmine bankruptcy (Nevada, Oct 11 2005, one week after Virginia filing Oct 4, 2005) is noted but may be coincidental. CONCLUSION: Low probability these are the same person; identity unconfirmed.

Two Chapter 7 bankruptcies confirmed in E.D. Virginia for 'Frank C. Creer and Jean M. Creer': (1) Case #97-37920, filed 1997-11-12, terminated 1998-02-24, assigned to Judge Douglas O. Tice; (2) Case #05-39367, filed 2005-10-04, terminated 2006-01-16, assigned to same judge. Both cases are pro se (no attorneys listed). IDENTITY NOT CONFIRMED: Frank Moyle Creer's known profile is Utah/California during these periods. The name middle initial 'C' is different from 'Moyle' and the Virginia jurisdiction conflicts with his known geography.

FBI ARMS Reach memo (EFTA00129096, April 3 2025) from WFO Squad CR05 (Transnational Organized Crime, Eastern Hemisphere) alleges Creer was member of Sanctum/SNCTM sex club, collected info for blackmail similar to Epstein, actively blackmailed Jurvetson, and funneled money through QWave Capital for political access. Memo prepared for White House Enterprise Vetting Center re: Tim Draper POTUS proximity. Creer categorically denied ALL allegations: never heard of Sanctum, never blackmailed Jurvetson (they are close friends), characterizations not remotely true. Draper also denied. Masha Drokova (former Putin youth leader, Epstein PR agent) identified as publicist for both QWave Capital and DFJ Financial.

Key distinction: the FBI memo is an intelligence product for vetting purposes, NOT a criminal charging document. It was produced by a squad focused on Russian organized crime. The allegations are unproven and denied by all parties. No criminal charges have ever been filed against Creer. However, the memo was produced by professionals with access to classified intelligence, and it correctly identified real relationships (Creer-Kouzmine at Centice, Creer-Draper at Zone Ventures) that we have independently verified through SEC filings. The question is whether the behavioral allegations (blackmail, Sanctum membership) are as accurate as the relationship mapping.

FBI ARMS Reach memo (EFTA00129096) identifies Frank Moyle Creer as CEO of Draper Hero Institute (Tim Draper nonprofit, EIN 82-4951039) since April 2021 and longtime Managing Director of Zone Ventures (DFJ affiliate). Memo alleges Creer was active member of SNCTM ('Sanctum') sex club and 'collected information on members for the purpose of blackmail, similar to JEFFREY EPSTEIN' and 'actively blackmailed' DFJ managing director Steve Jurvetson. Creer and Jurvetson both invested in QWAVE Capital through DFJ Capital. Creer categorically denied all allegations.

SNCTM (Sanctum sex club) sent to Jeffrey Epstein via email on August 17, 2018. Email subject 'Snctm' forwarded three URLs: Goop article, SNCTM Moscow event page, and Business Insider inside SNCTM article. Sender address redacted. FBI memo EFTA00129096 alleges Creer was active SNCTM member. This document confirms Epstein was independently aware of SNCTM as of August 2018 — establishing network-level Epstein awareness of the same club the FBI links to Creer.

Masha Drokova directly introduced Serguei Beloussov (QWave Capital co-founder) to Jeffrey Epstein on January 12, 2018. Email states: 'Connecting you here. You both are one of the most intelligent and fun people I met in my life.' Lesley Groff subsequently scheduled a call between Epstein and Beloussov for January 17, 2018 at 6:45pm. Beloussov was described as 'Masha's friend' and scheduled an in-person NYC meeting for March 7, 2018. The FBI memo EFTA00129096 states Drokova was QWave Capital publicist, and that Creer knew Drokova as QWave publicist. This provides primary source evidence that Drokova served as the introduction broker between the Epstein network and the Beloussov/QWave network — the same network Creer participated in as QWave Managing Director.

FBI ARMS Reach memo (EFTA00129096) additional details beyond prior recording: (1) SNCTM location described as 'Los Angeles and Northern California' — not solely Beverly Hills; (2) Draper Hero Institute address confirmed as 55 East 3rd Avenue, San Mateo, California; (3) Tim Draper traveled to Ukraine and met with former President Viktor Yushchenko and Michael Caputo to 'discuss ways to oppose certain United States sanctions against Russia'; (4) Draper was connected to the Foresight Institute, whose members included Ted Waitt (broker of Epstein-Gates introduction) and Charles Lieber (convicted Chinese spy); (5) Masha Drokova described as publicist for BOTH DFJ Financial AND Jeffrey Epstein; (6) FBI squad context: WFO Squad CR05, Transnational Organized Crime (Eastern Hemisphere), Operation Trip Knot, OCDETF Eurasian Organizations.

FBI memo EFTA00129096 (Operation Trip Knot) names Creer as collecting information on SNCTM members for blackmail, explicitly compared to Epstein's methods. Creer denied ever being a SNCTM member and denied blackmailing Jurvetson. Tim Draper categorically denied key allegations.

The Drokova-Beloussov-Epstein connection (January 2018 emails) creates a documented overlap between the Epstein network and the QWave Capital network that Creer served as Managing Director of. The FBI memo (EFTA00129096) states 'CREER and JURVETSON, through DFJ CAPITAL, were both investors with BELOUSSOV's tech venture capital firm RUNA CAPITAL in QWAVE CAPITAL.' This means Creer (via DFJ Capital) was a co-investor with Beloussov (who personally met Epstein in January 2018) through RUNA CAPITAL into QWAVE CAPITAL. The QWave-Epstein connection therefore runs through both Drokova (publicist) and Beloussov (co-founder, Epstein contact), with Creer as QWave Managing Director being the DFJ Network's representative in this structure.

EFTA00129096 full document review: Context is FBI Enterprise Vetting Center (EVC) ARMS Reach vetting request dated April 3, 2025, Sentinel Case 245H-WF-2182018. The EVC was vetting Tim Draper for 'proximity to POTUS' — Draper was apparently scheduled for a White House meeting. The WFO Squad CR05 agent responded within hours with intelligence on Draper's full network including Creer. The Creer allegations occupy one of four substantive paragraphs in the memo, suggesting he was specifically surfaced as derogatory information relevant to Draper's suitability to be 'arm's reach of POTUS.' The memo explicitly frames the QWAVE Capital connection to Creer's alleged blackmail operations as analogous to Epstein's MIT lab donations as political access vehicles. FBI source is unidentified beyond 'WFO Squad CR05, Transnational Organized Crime (Eastern Hemisphere)'.

Epstein was explicitly aware of Jurvetson's sexual misconduct ouster from DFJ as of November 14, 2017 (EFTA02567913). The FBI memo EFTA00129096 (April 2025, Operation Trip Knot) alleges Creer 'actively blackmailed' Jurvetson using SNCTM-sourced information. The timeline alignment is investigatively significant: Jurvetson left DFJ November 2017 amid sexual harassment allegations; Epstein was informed the same day; Creer is alleged to have blackmailed Jurvetson. If Creer's blackmail operation against Jurvetson was ongoing, the Jurvetson sexual misconduct crisis would have been both Creer's leverage and a shared awareness point in the overlapping Epstein-Jurvetson-Creer network.

EFTA00129095 (Operation Trip Knot transmission cover): FBI Sentinel Import Form, dated 04/08/2025, classified UNCLASSIFIED//LES. Case ID 243H-WF-21820I8 (note: contains letter 'I' not numeral '1'). File title: FM: ARMS - Tim Draper. Filed under: OPERATION TRIP KNOT; PA-CAE-0525; OCDETF - EURASIAN ORGANIZATIONS. Synopsis: FW: ARMS - Tim Draper. This is the cover form for the ARMS Reach vetting request on Tim Draper that triggered the Frank Creer intelligence (EFTA00129096). The case number discrepancy (243H vs 245H in main memo) appears to be an OCR artifact — the 'I' in 21820I8 and the '3' vs '5' may both be OCR errors from the handwritten/typed case number. Date 04/08/2025 confirms this is an April 2025 document.

Operation Trip Knot FBI memo (EFTA00129096, April 3 2025) publicly reported by Seth Hettena on Substack. Memo states Creer was 'active member' of SNCTM/Sanctum sex club and 'collected information on members for the purpose of blackmail, similar to JEFFREY EPSTEIN.' Memo also states Creer 'actively blackmailed' DFJ managing director Steve Jurvetson. Creer denied all: denied SNCTM membership, denied ever hearing of the club, and denied blackmailing Jurvetson ('I have never blackmailed Steve Jurvetson. We are close friends.')

Post-Draper Hero (terminated July 2024): No new company, role, or public activity identified for Frank Creer after Draper Hero Institute closure. As of April 2026, Creer still listed as Co-Founder and Managing Director at Zone Ventures on Crunchbase and Bloomberg Markets. Zone Ventures shows no investment activity in 2025. Creer appears to be maintaining Zone Ventures affiliation as his primary public identity.

Operation Trip Knot FBI memo EFTA00129096 received wide public reporting across multiple outlets by April 2026: Seth Hettena Substack (theiceman.substack.com), Douglas Messier Substack, Psychedelic Americas newsletter, and at least 3 other secondary aggregators. The memo was released by DOJ as part of Epstein file disclosures. Hettena identified as primary journalist who obtained and analyzed the document. Multiple parties named in the memo (Creer, Draper, Caputo, Jurvetson) have all issued categorical denials.

FBI memo (EFTA00129096) timeline context: Steve Jurvetson departed DFJ in November 2017 following internal DFJ investigation into sexual harassment allegations. The departure was NOT publicly attributed to blackmail at the time. Jurvetson said he was leaving 'to focus on personal matters.' Multiple women said their relationships with Jurvetson were not forced. Jurvetson co-founded Future Ventures in April 2018 and remains active managing M AI fund as of 2025. The FBI memo's blackmail allegation, dated April 2025, is retrospectively applied to the 2017 departure timeline. Jurvetson denies SNCTM involvement and says the FBI memo 'reads like a game of telephone based on hearsay.'

Tim Draper - Ukraine/Caputo connection: FBI memo claims Draper traveled to Ukraine and met former President Viktor Yushchenko AND Michael Caputo to 'discuss ways to oppose certain United States sanctions against Russia.' Draper's counter-claim: he visited Yushchenko only once, in 2005, to discuss venture capital, and Caputo was not present. Draper quotes his 2005 conversation with Yushchenko: 'We discussed venture capital and he mentioned that he thought Putin poisoned him.' Caputo stated he never met Draper. Note: LittleSis confirms Draper is a member of Ukraine's 'Orange Circle' - consistent with a 2005 Yushchenko connection. Michael Caputo lived in Russia for nearly a decade in the 1990s and worked in Ukraine; documented Kremlin-adjacent activity.

SNCTM/Sanctum club background: Founded 2013 by Damon Lawner in Los Angeles after he watched 'Eyes Wide Shut.' Annual membership ,500-,000+; operates in Beverly Hills, NY, Miami, and international locations. Lawner sold the club in 2019 for M to The Circle Group. In June 2023, Lawner was banned for life from SNCTM after publicly outing Hunter Biden as a former member on Instagram ('Hunter was a member at Snctm and I canceled his membership after 1 party because he's a scumbag'). Club current as of March 2026 (Yelp listing active). No LittleSis record for Damon Lawner. No corroboration found from Lawner or current SNCTM ownership regarding Creer membership or FBI memo claims.

Foresight Institute connections: LittleSis confirmed Tim Draper has a 'Position' at Foresight Institute. LittleSis also confirms Steve Jurvetson served on the Foresight nanotechnology roadmap steering committee (2005-2007). Ted Waitt (of Waitt Family Foundation) was a founding funder and steering committee member of Foresight's Nanotechnology Roadmap for Productive Nanosystems alongside Charles Lieber (Harvard, convicted 2021 of hiding Chinese government ties/Thousand Talents program, sentenced to time served + house arrest 2023). Ted Waitt is romantically linked to Ghislaine Maxwell (she attended Chelsea Clinton's wedding as his guest in 2010) and was called to testify before House Oversight Committee re Epstein in March 2026. 990 data: Foresight received .09M from Silicon Valley Community Foundation in 2022 and K in 2023; granted K to AI Objectives Institute in 2023.

Serguei Beloussov / QWave Capital - FBI memo context: Memo states Creer knew Beloussov through QWave Capital investment. Beloussov co-founded QWave in 2012 (with Kouzmine and Zubarev) focused on quantum technology early-stage companies. Beloussov also ran Runa Capital and Acronis. Beloussov co-founded Russian Quantum Center, which was added to a sanctioned entities list in 2022. Swiss and US intelligence drew scrutiny over Beloussov's alleged Kremlin ties and acquisition of sensitive technology. Beloussov told WaPo he spoke to Epstein once by phone at Harvard's request. Masha Drokova worked as Beloussov's publicist at Runa Capital. No LittleSis records found for Kouzmine or QWave Capital.

Ted Waitt - Maxwell/Epstein/Foresight nexus: Gateway Computer co-founder; romantically linked to Ghislaine Maxwell (she was his guest at Chelsea Clinton's 2010 wedding); his Waitt Family Foundation was primary funder and steering committee participant in Foresight Institute's 2005-2007 nanotechnology roadmap, which also included Charles Lieber and Tim Draper. Waitt called to testify before House Oversight Committee in March 2026 re Epstein investigation (letter signed March 3 2026). Committee is investigating his relationship with Maxwell. This establishes a triangulated network: Waitt->Maxwell/Epstein; Waitt->Foresight->Draper; Draper->Creer; Creer->Jurvetson (FBI blackmail allegation).

SYNTHESIS: Three independent primary sources establish Jurvetson as an active Epstein network participant during the same window the FBI memo alleges Creer blackmailed him. (1) March 2013: DFJ solicited Epstein as investor (EFTA00652653). (2) 2014: Jurvetson listed as Epstein project advisor (EFTA00587739). (3) Nov 14 2017: Austin Hill forwarded the Jurvetson DFJ ouster article to Epstein the day it broke (EFTA02567913). The FBI memo alleges Creer ran the SNCTM blackmail operation over the same 2013-2017 period. An unreviewed January 2018 Axios report places a sex party at Jurvetson's home weeks after his departure. This corroborating timeline — Epstein-network awareness of Jurvetson's sexual misconduct vulnerability, active relationship to DFJ, and post-departure Axios sex-party report — makes the FBI memo's blackmail framing structurally plausible even though the core allegation remains unverified.

OpenCorporates address cross-reference for 215 Southport Dr, Morrisville NC confirms additional Centice Corp officers: David Brady (Director, FL branch), Ray Swanson (Officer, CT branch), Rob McLaughlin (Secretary, NC). Aidar Gabidullin confirmed as Director on FL branch filing. Address hosts only 4 entities total — not a shell factory, appears to be a real office.

Full name Frank Moyle Creer. Co-Founder and Managing Director of Zone Ventures (Southern CA VC). Also Managing Director at Wasatch Venture Fund. Listed as Director of EMWARE, INC. (FL registry, 241 S. Figueroa Street #340, Los Angeles, CA 90012). Draper Hero Institute President (per Draper Hero website). Zone Ventures made 67 investments, 7 exits. Based in Los Angeles. Has held positions at Quantum Wave Capital per LinkedIn.

LittleSis entity confirmed: Frank Creer (ID 438843) is catalogued but has zero mapped relationships. Profile describes him as 'Venture capitalist and founder of zone ventures', last updated 2023-11-19.

Bonneville Pacific Corp (Creer's first known employer per SEC proxy) was one of Utah's biggest fraud scandals. Founded as co-generation power developer, IPO based on grossly exaggerated non-existent assets transferred between related entities. Bankrupt 1991. Four execs indicted (conspiracy, securities fraud, mail fraud, bank fraud, tax violations). President L. Wynn Johnson and co-founder John Dunlop pleaded guilty. 153M disbursed to creditors. Creer worked there doing financial analysis and economic feasibility studies of proposed power projects — the very projects later found to be fraudulent. No evidence Creer was involved in the fraud, but he was inside the organization during the period of fraudulent activity.

Creer's DivX proxy biography states he worked for Bonneville Pacific Corp in the Development group doing financial analysis and economic feasibility studies. The company collapsed in 1991 (same year Creer graduated from U of Utah). The fraud was a scheme to inflate asset values through circular transactions between related entities. Creer would have been very junior (graduating in 1991), likely an analyst. No evidence he was complicit, but it is notable that his first employer was a massive securities fraud operation.

Complete career timeline: BA Finance U of Utah (1991), Bonneville Pacific Corp (co-gen, major SEC fraud scandal), management consulting, co-founded Wasatch Venture Fund (SLC, 1994), co-founded Zone Ventures (LA/Menlo Park, 1998, DFJ affiliate) with Tim Draper and Darius Sankey. Board: DivX (2000-2010, Comp Committee Chair, Audit), Akimbo, eStyle, emWare, Zkey, Vizional, OnMeta. Board Lassonde Center U of Utah. Managing Director QWave Capital. CEO Draper Hero Institute (2021-2024). Born ~1964.

DivX proxy statement (DEF 14A, 2008) provides the core biography. FEC records confirm Zone Ventures employment and LA address (241 S Figueroa #340). Crunchbase and Bloomberg list additional board seats. ProPublica confirms DHI CEO/President role. Born circa 1964 based on age 44 in 2008 filing. Early employer Bonneville Pacific Corp collapsed in one of Utah's largest SEC fraud scandals (1991-1995) with execs criminally indicted. This is Creer's first known employer.

SNCTM (Sanctum) sex club factsheet: Founded 2013 in Beverly Hills by Damon Lawner, modeled on Eyes Wide Shut. Membership up to 75K/year. Known scandals: founder Lawner banned 2023 for outing Hunter Biden as former member; 'Bunnyman' (Phuong Tran) expelled for contacting founder's 12yo daughter on Instagram. Club survived founder departure (Lawner sold for 1M in 2019). Operates NYC and LA. No public membership lists. No evidence beyond FBI memo connecting Creer to SNCTM. Creer denied membership and knowledge of the club.

The SNCTM club is real and operates in LA/NYC. However, there is no public evidence connecting Creer to it beyond the FBI memo allegation. The club's culture of secrecy (Lawner was banned for naming members) means that membership verification through public sources is inherently impossible. The denial carries weight but is also what any member would say given the club's rules.

DivX 2010 proxy: Creer age 46, board member since August 2000, also founded Opteris Funds (June 2009) and previously Wasatch Venture Fund (1994)

DivX DEF 14A (proxy) filed 2010-04-20: 'Frank Creer, age 46, has been a member of our Board of Directors since August 2000. Mr. Creer is a founder and Managing Director of Zone Ventures, an early stage venture capital fund founded in 1998 and a founder and Managing Director of Opteris Funds, a venture capital fund founded in June 2009. Mr. Creer was also a partner and founder of Wasatch Venture Fund, an early stage venture capital fund founded in 1994. He also worked for Bonneville Pacific Corp., a developer of co-generation power projects.' Additional board memberships: OnMeta Inc (entertainment content search), emWare Inc (electronic device), Vizional Technologies Inc (software), Zkey (software), Lassonde New Business Development Center at University of Utah. BA in Finance from University of Utah, 1991. Zone Ventures office: 2882 Sand Hill Road, Suite 150, Menlo Park, CA 94025.

Zero federal litigation for blackmail, extortion, criminal charges, Sanctum/SNCTM, Zone Ventures disputes, or Draper Hero Institute. Remarkably thin footprint given FBI allegations. Possible explanations: never pursued, sealed, state courts, or insufficient evidence.

NEGATIVE RESULT: No trace of Frank Creer in DOJ corpus (0 results), Unified DB emails (0 results), or LMSBAND beyond the FBI memo EFTA00129096. No entry in OpenSanctions. LittleSis has entity but zero relationships. ICIJ Neo4j offline (could not check offshore leaks). No public civil suits referencing Creer or SNCTM membership found. Creer has not been named by Damon Lawner publicly.

No FARA registration found for Frank Creer, Zone Ventures, QWave Capital, or DFJ/Draper networks after searching the Department of Justice FARA database. Given Creer's documented role as Managing Director at QWave Capital (co-founded by Russian nationals Serguei Beloussov and Serguei Kouzmine), absence of FARA registration is investigatively significant. QWave Capital received funding from and had officers who were Russian nationals; if Creer was acting as agent for foreign principals in his MD role, FARA registration would be required. Searches: 'Frank Creer', 'Zone Ventures', 'QWave', 'Draper' — all returned empty registrants and foreign_principals arrays.

No criminal charges, extortion indictments, or blackmail prosecutions found for Frank Creer in comprehensive court database searches: CourtListener party search, cases search, RECAP search, FJC database all returned zero criminal docket entries for Creer. Despite FBI ARMS Reach memo (EFTA00129096, Operation Trip Knot, April 2025) alleging Creer ran SNCTM-based blackmail operation parallel to Epstein's and 'actively blackmailed' Steve Jurvetson, no federal or state criminal charges appear in the court record. Jurvetson has not filed civil litigation against Creer. No DOJ enforcement records, no LMSBAND corpus hits beyond the FBI memo itself. This absence may reflect: (1) insufficient corroborating evidence for prosecution; (2) ongoing investigation with charges not yet filed; (3) informant reliability concerns.

No lobbying registrations found for Frank Creer under Senate LDA database. Search for lobbyist 'Frank Creer' returned 0 filings. Search for client 'QWave' returned 5 filings for 'QWAVE SOLUTIONS, INC.' (PA-based industrial heat company, registered by Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP), which is a different and unrelated entity from QWave Capital (quantum computing VC). No LDA registrations for Zone Ventures, Draper Hero Institute, or other Creer-affiliated entities found.

FARA negative: No registration found for Creer, QWave Capital, Zone Ventures, or Centice Corp

Searched DOJ FARA database for: Frank Creer, QWave, Zone Ventures, Centice. All returned empty registrants and foreign_principals arrays. Absence is notable given Creer's role as Managing Director at QWave Capital (co-founded by Russian nationals Beloussov and Kouzmine) and prior FARA negative finding #9291 confirming this gap.

COMPREHENSIVE NEGATIVE: Frank Creer produces ZERO results in DOJ corpus 331K pages direct name search. ZERO results in Unified DB emails, docs, entities. ZERO results in EpsteinExposed persons or documents. ZERO results in Epstein 20K dataset. DugganUSA API returned 403 Forbidden (authentication failure). 'Zone Ventures' returned 11 DOJ results, all false positives (generic 'ventures'/'zone' word matches). 'QWave Capital' returned 0 DOJ results. 'Draper Hero' returned 1 DOJ result (unrelated 'hero' in book passage). LMSBAND 'Frank Creer' returns 2 results: EFTA00129096 (FBI memo, already known) and EFTA00266707 (South Australia Police apprehension report — OCR artifact reading 'cReer' from form field). CONCLUSION: Creer has no independent footprint in the Epstein document corpus beyond EFTA00129096. His absence from 331K+ pages is investigatively significant — suggests either he maintained extreme operational security, or his relationship to the Epstein network was indirect (through Jurvetson and Beloussov) rather than direct.

SNCTM ('Sanctum' sex club) returns ZERO results in LMSBAND full-text search and ZERO in EpsteinExposed. DOJ corpus returns 2 hits for 'Sanctum' — both are references to 'Inner Sanctum' (an old radio mystery show) in an unrelated document. EFTA02605563 (August 17, 2018 email to Epstein with SNCTM links) is the only Epstein-corpus document referencing SNCTM — this is a forwarded email, not from Creer. CONCLUSION: No SNCTM membership records, corporate filings, or communications corroborating Creer's alleged SNCTM involvement exist in the Epstein document corpus. The club's membership records were not among the released documents.

COMPREHENSIVE LEGAL NEGATIVE: Agent C exhaustive court search confirms zero criminal charges, enforcement actions, or new civil suits against Frank Creer beyond Lunera Lighting. All searches returned zero or previously-known results: CourtListener party search (1 result = Lunera case), CourtListener cases (20 results, only Lunera is relevant), RECAP docs (all from Lunera docket), FJC database (0), DOJ corpus (0), SEC enforcement Frank Creer/Zone Ventures/Centice (all 0), FARA (all 0), LDA lobbying (0). No California state court records accessible through current toolset. No records for Zone Ventures, QWave Capital, SNCTM, Damon Lawner, Serguei Beloussov as parties in federal litigation. Serguei Kouzmine has one confirmed Ch.7 bankruptcy in D. Nevada (already recorded). Draper Hero Institute has no litigation.

DugganUSA RETRY FAILED: DugganUSA API continued returning 403 Forbidden on this run (same as previous run). Endpoint: analytics.dugganusa.com/api/v1/search. No authentication credentials configured. 'Hero Training Foundation' (EIN 883625246, sole grantee from Draper Hero Institute) returns only false positives in DOJ corpus and Unified DB (generic 'hero' + 'training' word matches). Operation Trip Knot case number 245H-WF-2182018 cannot be FTS searched (FTS tokenizer splits on hyphen). EFTA00129095 (the transmission cover for the FBI ARMS Reach memo) confirmed in LMSBAND index but not accessible via DOJ efta command. Zone Ventures, QWave Capital, Draper Hero in DOJ corpus return only previously-known hits or false positives.

NEGATIVE: Operation Trip Knot (OCDETF WFO Squad CR05, Sentinel 245H-WF-2182018) — zero public court records found. CourtListener RECAP search for '245H-WF-2182018' returned zero results. 'Operation Trip Knot' search returned only false positives. No indictments or public court cases linked to Operation Trip Knot found in federal PACER/CourtListener records.

NEGATIVE: Searched Bonneville Pacific Corp court records (bankruptcy Bankr.D.Utah 91-27701, civil cases, and opinions 147 B.R. 803 and 196 B.R. 868) for Frank Creer mention. No mention of Creer in any Bonneville Pacific proceeding. Criminal fraud case predates PACER coverage. FJC database: zero results for defendant 'Frank Creer' or 'Zone Ventures'.

NEGATIVE: Searched CourtListener for DivX Inc as party during Creer board tenure (2000-2010). Found only commercial/IP disputes: Cheertek Inc v. DIVX Inc (S.D.Cal. 3:06-cv-00170, contract); DIVX v. Plus Consulting (S.D.Cal. 3:09-cv-00742, contract); DIVX v. UMG Recordings (S.D.Cal. 3:07-cv-01753, copyright). No shareholder suits or SEC enforcement actions against DivX board during Creer's tenure. EDGAR search for 'DivX Frank Creer' together returned zero results.

NEGATIVE: Searched CourtListener for Draper Hero Institute — zero relevant results (all hits were Draper City, Utah municipal litigation). Searched for QWave Capital — zero party results; RECAP search returned false positives only. No legal proceedings involving Draper Hero Institute or QWave Capital found in federal court records.

Opteris Funds (founded by Frank Creer June 2009 per DivX 2010 proxy) found NO records in: EDGAR full-text search, corporate registry (unified), FEC employer search, OpenCorporates. The fund appears to have been either very small, operating as an exempt fund without registration requirements, or quietly wound down. Only reference is the 2010 DivX proxy biography.

NEGATIVE: ICIJ Neo4j offline - searched Frank Creer, Zone Ventures, Darius Sankey, Serguei Kouzmine, QWave Capital. All returned connection refused. ICIJ Offshore Leaks database not accessible at bolt://localhost:7689.

NEGATIVE: LittleSis search for Damon Lawner returned 0 results. No LittleSis entity for SNCTM founder. Searched also: QWave Capital (0 results), Serguei Kouzmine (0 results). Steve Jurvetson (entity #43601) and Tim Draper (entity #37259) confirmed on LittleSis but show no direct relationship to Frank Creer entity #438843.

NEGATIVE: OpenCorporates search for 'Frank Creer' returned 0 company results. OpenCorporates search for 'Zone Ventures' returned 134 results but none match Frank Creer's Zone Ventures Management Co LLC in California - no exact match found in the top results reviewed. No international corporate presence found for Creer or Zone Ventures through OpenCorporates.