meh, that's nothing. i can do one better (in the small gap of paid, but also screwed). had a client pay me for work, be very happy etc, take the project away (

meh, that's nothing. i can do one better (in the small gap of paid, but also screwed). had a client pay me for work, be very happy etc, take the project away (after promising continued business), and had the new "developer" take all credit for developing it. trumpeted on the landing page for both the client, and the dev shop. it's their app after all, so i was pretty cool with it, assuming it was some other basement dwelling schmoe who they found to work for less. turns out it was a manhattan creative firm with offices consuming the floor of a tower, who no doubt charge double my rate. they can be fucked in the ear. by the way, i'm not stupid enough to out them, unlike the OP. p.s. it was an iphone app, so i contacted mobile orchard about the shenanigans. they replied that it was too common to even bother commenting on.