I get hit with these constantly because I'm a US based Toptal freelancer. "Hey, if you take the meetings and let us use your account, we'll do all the work and give you 20%!".

So basically some folks just told you how you can be the CEO of InfoClone? How big are these deals, how skilled are the folks and how many people do they have?

If they have to resort to this tactic it’s usually not a good sign. Skilled workers will get the contracts without the shenanigans.

I have no idea. I usually tell them I'll consider it if I get to keep 80% instead of 20% and then they disappear heh