Just got an email from Impact 210 seeking full and part-time scouts in my area.
I remember Wilhelmina Scouting Network and I Google searched the principal, Michael Fomkin, which led me to the following website, (link deleted - see below) showing a definite connection between Impact 210 and Wilhelmina Scouting Network. I excerpt part of what is reported by this website:
"Impact 210 is the brainchild of Michael Fomkin, whose background includes leadership at the infamous Wilhelmina Scouting Network scam. He owned a franchise which scammed thousands of young people. Impact 210 is another scouting operation. One of Fomkin's four "executives" is Gaetano "Guy" Pugliese, "Director of Scouting Division." "As Director of Scouting Division, Guy is responsible for interviewing and hiring the Impact 210 Scouts. He runs scout orientation." (http://www.impact210.com/AboutUs/executives. Cfm) [Sept. 1].
Fomkin calls himself the "CEO/Visionary" of 210. WSN used to claim it was visionary and revolutionary before it went bankrupt in a cloud of controversy. Fomkin's name is attached to this fluffy comment: "With his latest business venture, IMPACT 210, Mr. Fomkin is setting new standards for the industry. Providing a broad range of services, from event planning and sponsorship consulting to industry related workshops and media exposure at corporate and individual levels, IMPACT 210 is a comprehensive resource center catering to a wide variety of professional talent across the globe."
Fomkin has never set any standards for the modeling industry except bad ones. He's been part of the worst exploitation of young talent the industry has ever seen. After WSN collapsed, following extensive exposure by the media, including a Dateline NBC report, Fomkin started Type 1 Model Management, an illegal business, which morphed into One Source Talent, which he created with his WSN business associate Anthony Toma."
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