They can't just walk, Upwork will go after them. 12k is an amount that is worth sending at least a few strongly worded legaleze letters by UW's legal dept. Esse

They can't just walk, Upwork will go after them. 12k is an amount that is worth sending at least a few strongly worded legaleze letters by UW's legal dept. Essentially in this situation OP just owes 12k to Upwork. As much as it's a shitty situation, it's a debt. You can't just walk.