RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS |
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Related Party Transactions [Abstract] | |
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS | NOTE 14 — RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
As part of the employment agreement with its CEO, the Company provided a $1,000,000 signing bonus in 2012, which has not been paid and is recorded in accrued compensation on the consolidated balance sheets, along with unpaid base salary of $1,625,000 in aggregate attributable for the period from 2012 through 2018. Any unpaid and accrued compensation due to the CEO under his employment agreement will accrue interest on the principal amount at a rate of 10% per annum from the date of his employment agreement until it is paid. Even though the employment agreement expired and has not been renewed, the Company has an obligation under the agreement to continue to accrue interest on the unpaid balance.
As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company had accrued $2,625,000 of compensation as accrued compensation and has balances of $1,442,813 and $ 1,578,088, respectively, in accrued interest in current liabilities on its condensed consolidated balance sheets, related to the CEO’s employment agreement. Amounts owed under this arrangement are payable on demand. The Company recorded interest expense related to the accrued compensation in the condensed consolidated statements of operations amounting to $64,726 for both the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company made an interest payment in the amount of $200,000 in connection with the accrued compensation to the CEO.
The Company entered into the DE LLC Note with an entity wholly owned by our CEO. See Note 9 for further discussion.
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