11. ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER PAYABLES

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

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 in cash over an 18-month period plus the issuance of certain shares. For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 and the six months ended June 30, 2026, the Company paid $1.85 million and $1.13 million, respectively, towards accrued expenses and other payables.