Under Investigation: The inside story of the Florida Attorney General’s
investigation of Wilhelmina Scouting Network, the largest model and
talent scam in America.

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David Elliot aka David Elliott aka David B. Elliot

David Elliott Deposition Transcript

"Can I ask you about the scripts you're using to sell the contests?" Todd Ulrich asks while confronting David Elliot, the same David Elliot we found running the sales room two years ago at Options Talent, a controversial model scouting company under state investigation for misleading sales tactics. "Why don't you talk to Elizabeth Neff? She had all the scripts and everything," he replies. It's also the same David Elliot who has a criminal past."

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Orlando Sentinel (Florida)

November 22, 1990 Thursday, 3 STAR

SECTION: LOCAL & STATE; Pg. B4

LENGTH: 99 words

HEADLINE: 4 BUSINESS OFFICERS TAPED CALLS ILLEGALLY, POLICE SAY

BODY:

Four officers in a Maitland business that helps other companies get loans were charged Wednesday with illegally taping telephone calls.

Patrick Read, 29, of Apopka, president of the Small Business Loan Association; G. Thomas Bradshaw, 24, of Altamonte Springs, vice president; Michael Difrawi, 26, of Altamonte Springs, vice president; and David Elliott, 27, of Orlando, national sales manager, were all released from jail on $1,000 bail after being charged with unlawful interception of an oral communication, a felony that carries a maximum sentence of 5 years in prison and $5,000 fine.

Todd Ulrich identifed David Elliot as the leader of the Fashion Rock LLC telemarketing:

"Can I ask you about the scripts you're using to sell the contests?" Todd Ulrich asks while confronting David Elliot, the same David Elliot we found running the sales room two years ago at Options Talent, a controversial model scouting company under state investigation for misleading sales tactics. "Why don't you talk to Elizabeth Neff? She had all the scripts and everything," he replies. It's also the same David Elliot who has a criminal past."1

Speaking of the advertising for the scam which sent him to prison, Elliot said: "I'm sure in America somewhere those jobs existed, but we did not have them. Those ads were simply made up because they drew high volume calls."2

Elliot was arrested in Orlando in 1990:

Four officers in a Maitland business that helps other companies get loans were charged Wednesday with illegally taping telephone calls. Patrick Read, 29, of Apopka, president of the Small Business Loan Association; G. Thomas Bradshaw, 24, of Altamonte Springs, vice president; Michael Difrawi, 26, of Altamonte Springs, vice president; and David Elliott [sic], 27, of Orlando, national sales manager, were all released from jail on $1,000 bail after being charged with unlawful interception of an oral communication, a felony that carries a maximum sentence of 5 years in prison and $5,000 fine.3

Elliot held a sales and marketing leadership position at the controversial model marketing company, Options Talent, aka Trans Continental Talent, after he had served time in prison:

From approximately October 2001 through September 25, 2002, Mr. David Elliot served as a Senior Vice President of Sales of TCTI. Mr. Elliot was terminated on September 25, 2002 with three weeks' notice. On or about October 18, 1995, Mr. Elliot pled guilty to a federal charge of conspiracy to commit bank fraud in satisfaction of charges brought against him in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida and the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and was sentenced to five months of incarceration.4

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1. "Orlando Talent Competition Misleads Would-Be Models," Action 9 News, WFTV Orlando, May 19, 2004. http://www.wftv.com/news/3324446/detail.html
2. Tim Barker, "Scouting network's history troubles Pearlman," Orlando Sentinel, Oct. 5, 2003.
3. "Four Business Officers Taped Calls Illegally, Police Say," Orlando Sentinel, Nov. 22, 1990, p. B4.
4. SEC Filings, OTTG, FORM 8-K, Oct. 7, 2002, p. 10.

See also Options Talent Group in the News

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