See these posts:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=403076.msg4371647#msg4371647https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=403076.msg4378402#msg4378402Two things...
1. It is unacceptable to delay important documentation... BitBay may be lost to you because of this and there is almost nothing you can do about it unless you can show some form of document being post dated prior to the other parties applications being sent in.
2. It is ENTIRLY unacceptable to give the PROGRAMMER access and charge of the ENTIRE cash base for a startup. If you wanted to keep your idea and be in charge... you have the responsibility of reigning in the participants by overseeing funding and payments. Allotting shares to a participant also REQUIRES a NDA stating they are unable to solicit money for said shares until a certain milestone is reached.
Huge F ups... and there is nothing that can be done to fix them.
If the project owner has given full access to cash to a coder then that is a big mistake.... negligent even but quite possibly an honest error, however, the signs look ominous for the investors with regards to getting their funds back as long as someone other than the project owner is in charge.
From the sounds of this was suppose to be more of a partnership, then an employer, employee relationship. When your a 50/50 partner with someone it is hard to tell them "Well your my partner and have the same rights as me, but i am not giving to access to anything". Her mistake was trusting the wrong person to quick, and trying to gather capital before any real project was put in place.