nto the Ponzi scheme through Richard Pearson and R.L. Pearson & Associates. 32. Plaintiff, IRA SOCHET, is the trustee of the IRA SOCHET REVOCABLE INTER VIVOS TRUST (hereinafter, "Sochet Trust"), an irrevocable trust that between February and October 2009, invested $147,300,000 into the Ponzi scheme through Szaf