- Options Talent Group: An I-Team Investigation - http://fox5atlanta.com/iteam/options.html
Special report after undercover investigation by I-Team reporter Randy Travis on the modeling scouting company based in Orlando, Florida, called Options Talent, previously known as eModel.com. [Fox 5 Atlanta]
- Modeling Scouts: An Action News Special Report - http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/features/05062002_SR_modeling.html
Undercover investigation. Interviews with company spokesman and Deputy Attorney General. Spokesman reveals that all clients make the cut to appear on their website, after a $595 photo shoot and $19.95/month listing fees. [WPVI-TV 6--Philadelphia]
- Hunting for Models - http://www.newtimesbpb.com/issues/2001-09-06/news.html
Investigative report of allegations of bogus model scouting. Interview with former employee, BBB president, general manager. Company president's previous convictions for fraud. [New Times Broward-Palm Beach]
- Trans Continental Talent: An I-Team Investigation - http://www.fox5atlanta.com/iteam/tct.html
Followup report on new name, Federal Trade Commission lawsuit, and protest by former client outside Atlanta office handing out copies of company's unsatisfactory Better Business Bureau record. [Fox 5 Atlanta]
- Model Scam, The - http://fox61.trb.com/news/wtic-010602cc-options-models,0,3970084.story
"Former talent scouts looking for models claim they weren't selling a dream, they claim they were hired to sell a scam! Fox 61's consumer reporter Shelly Sindland discovers that sometimes pursuing a dream can mean a trip to fantasy land." [Fox 61 Connecticut]
- High Priced Talent - http://www.caller.com/ccct/kris_tv/article/0,1641,CCCT_995_1773289,00.html
Family was going to pay to list 14-year-old, but changed their mind after consulting the Internet about the company. By Michelle Mauch. Free registration required to view article. [KRIS-TV]
- Council Member Questions Pearlman's Dealings - http://orlando.bizjournals.com/orlando/stories/2003/02/10/daily52.html
Brief article regarding Orlando city Commissioner Vicki Vargo's concerns about the city's possible partnership with entertainment king Lou Pearlman to revitalize Church Street Station. By Jill Krueger. [Orlando Business Journal]
- 'American Idol' It Isn't - http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/04/21/national/main612928.shtml
"The organizer of a nationwide talent competition has denied allegations that it misled winners with promises of 'more than $100,000 in contracts' as models, actors or singers." [AP/CBS News]
- NYS Slaps Model 'Scam' - http://www.backstage.com/backstage/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2008611
"The New York State Consumer Protection Board (CPB) is hounding Louis J. Pearlman--the Florida-based music promoter responsible for teen bands the Backstreet Boys and NSYNC--for alleged model-scouting scams in Manhattan and Buffalo through the Wilhelmina Scouting Network, now called the Web Style Network." [Backstage.com]
- Hidden Cameras Expose Talent Agency Scam - http://www.clickondetroit.com/money/1789200/detail.html
"Hidden cameras exposed the conniving side of the catwalk inside Transcontinental Talent's Ferndale office, Ruth Spencer reported." [NBC 4 Detroit]
- RipOff Report - http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/ripoff46560.htm
Details personal experiences and claims to expose unethical business practices by Emodel, TcTalent, Options Talent and Wilhelmina Scouting Agency.
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