XML 28 R17.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT

Accrued Expenses and Other Payables

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2025

Accrued Expenses and Other Payables [Abstract]

11. ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER PAYABLES

The amount of accrued expenses and other payables consisted of the followings:

	June 30,		December 31,
	2025		2024

Legal fee and other professionals	$	2,275,859	$	64,488
Wages and employee reimbursement		583,785		228,722
Provision for legal case		-		8,625,308
Accruals		833,470		718,170
Total	$	3,693,114	$	9,636,688

In January 2021, FT Global Capital, Inc. (“FT Global”), a former placement agent of the Company filed a lawsuit against the Company in the Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia. FT Global served the complaint upon the Company in January 2021. In the complaint, FT Global alleges claims, most of which attempt to hold the Company liable under legal theories that relate back to an alleged breach of an exclusive placement agent agreement between FT Global and the Company in July 2020 which had a term of three months. FT Global claims that the Company failed to compensate FT Global for securities purchase transactions between December 2020 and April 2021, pursuant to the terms of the expired exclusive placement agent agreement. On April 11, 2024, on which date the jury returned a verdict in favor of FT Global and the Court entered a judgment awarding FT Global $10,598,380. On June 17, 2025, the Company entered into a settlement and forbearance agreement with FT Global, pursuant to which the company is required to pay FT Global an aggregate amount of $4.0 million over an 18-month period. For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, and the six-month period ended June 30, 2025, the Company paid $1.97 million and $525,000, respectively, towards the accrued expenses and other payables.