They should file consecutive small claims cases (one for each charge). If they file concurrently, the lawyers will get them consolidated. If my entire market w

They should file consecutive small claims cases (one for each charge). If they file concurrently, the lawyers will get them consolidated. If my entire market was based on getting my freelancers good jobs, I wouldn’t be trying to screw them over. This could have been an article about how Upwork is awesome and ate 12.5k for this dev. They could write about how they go to bat for their freelancers and are prosecuting the scammer. That story would still be upvoted and the free advertising would far exceed the cost. Instead, they bought tons of the worst kind of publicity (hitting peoples wallets) and their best outcome is now an apology that nobody will actually believe and eating the cost anyway.