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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

11. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

Consulting Agreements

 

During July 2015, we signed an agreement with a company to provide consulting services for five years. In connection with the agreement, 500,000 shares of our restricted common stock and a one year 8% note of $50,000 were granted. The shares were valued at $0.18 per share. As the services provided were in dispute, the shares and note payable have not been issued as of March 31, 2026. As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025 we have accrued $142,500 in accrued expenses on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.

 

During October 2015, the Company signed an agreement with a consultant for consulting services for a year. In connection with the agreement, 2,500,000 shares of the Company’s restricted common stock were granted and the Company was to make monthly cash payments of $3,000. As of December 31, 2016, the Company recorded an equity compensation charge of $31,750, however, only 1,000,000 of the shares have been issued. As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, $19,150 has been recorded in accrued expense to account for the 1,500,000 shares of common stock that have not been issued.

 

During September 2022, the Company renewed its consulting agreement with an external consultant for a three-year term, providing for monthly compensation of $10,000. In September 2025, the agreement was further renewed for an additional one-year term through September 2026. Consulting expenses totaled $30,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively, and are included within consulting expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations. As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, accrued consulting fees payable to this external consultant totaled $148,850 and $141,850, respectively, and are included in accrued expense on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.

 

On January 1, 2025, the Company entered into an Agent and Representation Agreement with an external consulting company pursuant to which the agent will solicit prospective commercial and contract manufacturing clients on behalf of the Company. Under the agreement, the Company is obligated to pay referral commissions to the agent for clients introduced by the agent who purchase the Company’s products or services. The agreement required an initial payment of $20,000 related to certain introduced clients, which was paid during the first quarter of 2025, and provides for additional commissions for the life of each referred client account, subject to the terms and conditions of the agreement. Consulting expenses of $0 and $20,000 were recorded during the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively, within consulting expenses in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations.

 

On May 1, 2025, the Company entered into a consulting agreement for services. Pursuant to the agreement, the Company agreed to issue up to 300,000,000 shares of restricted common stock as compensation over an initial 12-month service period, including an initial issuance of 100,000,000 shares upon execution and monthly issuances of 20,000,000 shares beginning July 1, 2025. The initial 100,000,000 shares were issued in May 2025 and were valued at $10,000. During the third and fourth quarters of 2025, the Company issued 120,000,000 shares under this arrangement, with an aggregate fair value of $20,000. During the first quarter of 2026, the Company issued an additional 60,000,000 shares under this arrangement, with an aggregate fair value of $8,000. For the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, the Company recognized stock-based compensation expense of $10,500 and $0 related to this agreement. The remaining unrecognized compensation cost of $833 is expected to be recognized over the remaining service period (See Note 7 and Note 9).

 

 

Litigation

 

CSA 8411, LLC v. Nutra Pharma Corp., Case No. CACE 18-023150

 

On October 12, 2018, CSA 8411, LLC filed a lawsuit against the Company in the 17th Judicial Circuit Court in and for Broward County, Florida (Case No. CACE 18-023150) to recover $100,000 allegedly owed under an amended promissory note dated April 12, 2017. On November 1, 2018, the Company filed its Answer and Affirmative Defenses to the Complaint. The Company believes that this lawsuit is without merit. Moreover, the Company believes that it has a number of valid defenses to this claim. Among other things, the owner of CSA 8411, LLC violated the terms of a Binding Memorandum of Understanding by failing to invest in the Company and fraudulently inducing the Company to enter into the subject amended promissory note. Opposing counsel reached out to schedule mediation, and mediation was set for June 21, 2019 in Plantation, FL, however, the mediation was unsuccessful. Defendant also filed affirmative claims against the Plaintiff, its owner Dan Oran and several related entities. On May 19, 2025, the Company entered into a settlement agreement with the counterparty, under which the total obligation was resolved for $125,000. The settlement terms include an initial payment of $35,000 made on May 19, 2025, followed by nine monthly payments of $10,000 each. The agreement also provides that, in the event of a payment default not cured within five business days of written notice, the counterparty may seek entry of a consent judgment against the Company in the amount of $400,000, reduced by any amounts already paid under the settlement.

 

As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the Company had an outstanding principal balance of $0 and $20,000, respectively (see Note 6). Payments totaling $20,000 were made during January and February 2026.

 

Securities and Exchange Commission v. Nutra Pharma Corporation, Erik Deitsch, and Sean Peter McManus

 

On September 28, 2018, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Case No. 2:18-cv-05459) against the Company, Mr. Deitsch, and Mr. McManus. The lawsuit alleges that, from July 2013 through June 2018, the Company and the other defendants’ defrauded investors by making materially false and misleading statements about the Company and violated anti-fraud and other securities laws.

 

The violations alleged against the Company by the SEC include: (a) raising over $920,000 in at least two private placement offerings for which the Company failed to file required registration statements with the SEC; (b) issuing a series of materially false or misleading press releases; (c) making false statements in at least one Form 10-Q; and (d) failing to make required public filings with the SEC to disclose the Company’s issuance of millions of shares of stock. The lawsuit makes additional allegations against Mr. McManus and Mr. Deitsch, including that Mr. McManus acted as a broker without SEC registration and defrauded at least one investor by making false statements about the Company, that Mr. Deitsch engaged in manipulative trades of the Company’s stock by offering to pay more for shares he was purchasing than the amount the seller was willing to take, and that Mr. Deitsch failed to make required public filings with the SEC. The lawsuit seeks both injunctive and monetary relief.

 

On May 29, 2019 (following each of the defendants filing motions to dismiss), the SEC filed a First Amended Complaint which generally alleged the same conduct as its original Complaint, but accounted for certain guidance provided by the United States Supreme Court in a case that had been recently decided. Each of the defendants then moved to dismiss the SEC’s First Amended Complaint. On June 30, 2020, the Court entered an Order granting in part and denying in part the various motions to dismiss. Following that Order, the SEC filed a Second Amended Complaint (the operative pleading) and the defendants have filed their answers which generally deny liability. At this time, discovery is closed and the SEC has indicated an intent to file a summary judgment motion regarding certain non-fraud claims asserted in its Second Amended Complaint. The defendants have opposed the SEC’s request to file such motion(s). The Court conducted a hearing on February 23, 2021 and set an initial briefing schedule for the SEC’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment wherein the Plaintiffs’ Motion for Partial Summary Judgment was due on April 5, 2021, the Defendants’ Consolidated (i.e., collectively, Nutra Pharma Corporation, Erik “Rik” Deitsch, and Sean McManus) Response Brief to the SEC’s Motion was due May 3, 2021, and the Plaintiffs’ Reply Brief was due on May 19, 2021. On March 23, 2021, the Plaintiff filed a Motion for Extension of Time to file the Motion for Partial Summary Judgment. On April 9, 2021, the Plaintiff filed a Motion for Partial Summary Judgment, Defendants’ filed a Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Plaintiff’s Motion on May 7, 2021, and Plaintiff filed its Reply brief on May 21, 2021.

 

In July 2024, a final judgment was issued, ordering the defendant to pay $520,940 in disgorgement, $59,295 in prejudgment interest, and a $100,000 civil penalty. As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the Company had accrued a total legal settlement amount of $680,235 (See Note 8). Any potential penalties or interest related to non-payment cannot be reasonably estimated at this time and, accordingly, have not been accrued in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

 

Settlement with Marc Weller

 

In January 2026, the Company entered into a settlement agreement with Marc Weller in connection with a dispute arising in the ordinary course of business (See Note 6 and Note 7). As part of the settlement, the outstanding notes, with an aggregate carrying value of approximately $172,500, were cancelled and extinguished in exchange for (i) $20,000 in cash, payable in four monthly installments, and (ii) 60,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock.