Court Order Stops Charleston Modeling Agency

{Charleston, West Virginia}...The office of West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw has secured a court order requiring Stephen Ross of WV Modeling Agency in Charleston to stop all fashion photography and modeling business. Ross and the agency were ordered to pay $29,997 in restitution to clients and civil penalties. The lawsuit filed by McGraw's office detailed repeated violations of the West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act by Ross and the business, including failure to deliver photographs, portfolios, modeling jobs, a pageant and other services that were promised to customers. The Attorney General's Office started investigating Ross and WV Modeling, which is known by several other names, after receiving complaints from customers who say Ross claimed to be a fashion photographer, model trainer and agent with connections to some of the nation's top modeling agencies. The investigation uncovered a history of deception.