Commitments and Contingencies |
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Commitments and Contingencies [Abstract] | |
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES | Note 16. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Contingencies
From time to time, the Company may be subject to certain legal proceedings, claims and disputes that arise in the ordinary course of business. Although the outcomes of these legal proceedings cannot be predicted, the Company does not believe these actions, in the aggregate, will have a material adverse impact on its financial position, results of operations or liquidity.
On March 23, 2023, SG Shipping & Risk Solution Inc. an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of SGLY entered into an operating income right transfer contract with Goalowen pursuant to which Goalowen agreed to transfer its rights to receive income from operating a tuna fishing vessel to SG Shipping for $3,000,000 and on May 5, 2023, Ms. Shan made a wire transfer of $3,000,000 to Goalowen. Such contract was signed, and payment was made by the Company’s former COO, Jing Shan, without the authorization of the board of directors of the Company. The payment was recorded as an advance to a customer. The Company filed a complaint against Jing Shan accusing her of the unauthorized transfers in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York and has brought a lawsuit against Goalowen to recover the $3 million. As of June 30, 2023, the Company evaluated the collection possibility and decided to provide a 100% allowance provision in the amount of $3,000,000. The Company filed a complaint against Jing Shan accusing her of the unauthorized transfers in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York and has brought a lawsuit against Goalowen to recover the $3 million. Ms. Shan filed a motion to dismiss the case on March 19, 2024, and the decision is pending with the court. Fact discovery is currently underway in this matter.
Putative Class Action
On December 9, 2022, Piero Crivellaro, purportedly on behalf of the persons or entities who purchased or acquired the publicly traded common stock of the Company between February 2021 and November 2022, brought a putative class action, Crivellaro v. Singularity Future Technology Ltd., 22-cv-7499-BMC, against the Company and a dozen related person and entities in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (the “Court”). Plaintiffs alleged violations of the U.S. federal securities laws by the Company. Plaintiffs seek damages, plus interest, costs, fees, and attorneys’ fees. The Company filed a motion to dismiss on November 20, 2023.
On December 17, 2024, the Court issued an order that partially denied the motions to dismiss filed by the Company and its former chief executive officer, Yang Jie, arising from various statements made by Yang Jie about two allegedly fraudulent transactions. The rest of the motions are granted. On January 2, 2025, the Company filed an answer to the Second Amended Class Action complaint.
On May 29, 2025, the Company and the lead plaintiffs in the class action executed a binding term sheet (the “Settlement Term Sheet”) setting forth the material terms of their proposed settlement on a class wide basis. On July 13, 2025, the parties executed a Stipulation and Agreement of Settlement (“Settlement Agreement”). Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, in exchange for the Settlement payment and subject to final approval by the Court, all plaintiffs in the Class Action will release the Company and the other defendants on all claims. The Settlement Payment include cash payment of $3,000,000 and 6,500,000 freely tradable shares of the Company’s Common Stock (the “Settlement Shares”), which shall be issued pursuant to Section 3(a)(10) of the Securities Act of 1933, subject to the Court’s approval of the Settlement. In the event of a reverse stock split prior to the effectiveness of the Settlement, the number of Settlement Shares and/or the put option purchase price (described below) shall be reformulated so that the value of the Settlement Shares/put option shall not be less than $ as of the effectiveness of the Settlement. The settlement class has the right to sell all or a portion of the unsold Settlement Shares back to the Company at $0.85 per share if the 10-trading day average closing price immediately prior to the exercise of the put option falls below $0.85 before the class lead counsel sells the Settlement Shares. The Company agreed to maintain a cash balance $3,250,000 in a dedicated escrow account to mitigate the risk that it is unable to satisfy the put option.Employee Agreement
For the year ended June 30, 2023, the Company had employment agreements with each of Mr. Lei Cao, Ms. Tuo Pan and Mr. Yang Jie. Employment agreement of Mr. Lei Cao provided for a ten-year term that extended automatically in the absence of termination notice provided at least 30 days prior to the fifth anniversary date of the agreement. Employment agreements of Mr. Tuo Pan and Mr. Yang Jie provided for five-year terms that extended automatically in the absence of termination notice provided at least 30 days prior to the fifth anniversary date of the agreement. If the Company failed to provide this notice or if the Company wished to terminate an employment agreement in the absence of cause, then the Company was obligated to provide at least 30 days’ prior notice. In such case during the initial term of the agreement, the Company would need to pay such executive (i) the remaining salary through the date of October 31, 2026. In addition, to pay Mr. Lei Cao and Ms. Tuo Pan (ii) two times of the then applicable annual salary if there had been no change in control, as defined in the employment agreements or three-and-half times of the then applicable annual salary if there was a change in control. The employment agreements for Ms. Tuo Pan and Mr. Yang Jie were terminated in 2022; the Company has no remaining obligation under such agreements.
In February 2024, Zhikang Huang, a former officer and director of the Company, filed a lawsuit against the Company in the Circuit Court for the City of Richmond. In the complaint, Zhikang Huang claimed that the Company failed to compensate him for the severance payment, his two months’ salary and the incentive-based bonus. On January 31, 2025, a judgment from the Circuit Court for the City of Richmond was entered in favor of Zhikang Huang and against the Company in the amount of $468,956.75, with interest accruing from the date of the judgment. On April 23, 2025, said Virginia judgment was filed in the Supreme Court of New York, County of Westchester and entered in New York in favor of Zhikang Huang and against the Company in the amount of $468,956.75, with interest accruing from January 31, 2025.
Civil Monetary Penalty
In March 2023, as a result of the incorrect accounting treatment of approximately $4.6 million of related party loan receivable in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021 and the incorrect recognition of revenue from freight shipping services in the amount of $980,200 for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and the six months ended December 31, 2021, the Company filed an amendment to (1) the 2021 Form 10-K and (2) each of the 2021 Form 10-Qs .
On June 17, 2024, the Company received a subpoena issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission, requesting the production of certain documents related to the investigation by the SEC regarding the Restatements. On January 17, 2025, after cooperating with the SEC’s investigations, the Company reached a resolution with the SEC regarding the aforementioned matters.
The SEC approved the Company’s Offer of Settlement and issued its Cease-and-Desist Order dated January 17, 2025, with respect to certain violations related to the Company’s financial reporting, accounting, books and records, and internal controls. Pursuant to the terms of the SEC Order, the Company will pay a civil monetary penalty of $350,000 to the SEC, comply with certain undertakings to remediate its material weaknesses in the internal control and disclosure deficiencies by June 30, 2026, and cease and desist any violations of Sections 13(a), 13(b)(2)(A), and 13(b)(2)(B), of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rules 12b-20, 13a-1, 13a-13, and 13a-15 thereunder. |