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Casting director Lindsay Chag has been convicted of aiding and abetting a casting workshop in charging for an audition or employment opportunity – a misdemeanor violation of the state's Talent Scam Prevention Act. The case was the first to go to trial following indictments last February against 28 defendants…

Three more casting professionals who were caught up in the Los Angeles City Attorney's crackdown on local casting workshops have pleaded "no contest" to charges that they charged actors for auditions in violation of California's Talent Scam Prevention Act. As part of his plea agreement, casting director Ty Michael…

EXCLUSIVE: Two more casting directors have accepted guilty pleas in connection with the Los Angeles City Attorney's prosecution of five pay-for-play casting workshops that allegedly charged actors for auditions in violation of the state's Talent Scam Prevention Act. Scott David, who was fired last year as the casting…

More than 90 members of the Casting Society of America have signed an open letter decrying the LA City Attorney's "misguided" prosecution of the operators of five local casting workshops – and 18 casting directors – accused of charging actors for auditions in violation of the state's Talent Scam Prevention Act of…

EXCLUSIVE: It may have been his biggest starring role to date, but until now, the actor who worked as an undercover operative for the Los Angeles City Attorney to bust an alleged ring of casting workshop scammers has remained in the shadows, identified in court documents only as James R. James R., it turns out, is…

Casting workshops that charge actors a fee to be seen by casting directors are a "scam," SAG-AFTRA says, and might violate California's pay-to-play law that prohibits employers or their representatives from taking money from job seekers. The practice is under investigation by the Los Angeles City Attorney's…

The Los Angeles City Attorney's office has launched an investigation into Hollywood's casting workshops to determine whether they violate the 2009 Krekorian Talent Scam Prevention Act, which outlaws advance-fee talent representation services. Casting workshops are allowed under the law, but they can’t offer auditions…