A resident of Babonneau in Saint Lucia, Sophia Pelage-David, has become the second individual to face formal money laundering charges linked to the catastrophic collapse of the fraudulent Creators Alliance investment network, a scheme that wiped out life savings for thousands of people across the Caribbean region. The national Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA) took Pelage-David into custody on Monday, November 2, before formally serving her with two counts of money laundering. She made her first court appearance at the First District Court the following day, where presiding magistrates approved her release on bail, set at $13,000 cash or an equivalent qualified surety arrangement. The next scheduled hearing for her case has been adjourned to December 10, 2026. Prosecutors from the FIA allege that over a 17-month window spanning January 23, 2024, to July 4, 2025, Pelage-David processed a cumulative total of $524,801.30 in financial transactions that investigators confirm are proceeds derived from the criminal operations of the Creators Alliance scheme. Under Section 28(1)(b) of Saint Lucia’s Money Laundering (Prevention) Act, Cap. 12.20, a conviction for these charges carries a maximum possible penalty of a $1 million fine, up to 15 years of imprisonment, or both sanctions combined. This arrest follows a prior round of enforcement action in September 2026, when Electra Fernand, a Gros Islet resident from the Massade community, was served with seven separate money laundering counts tied to roughly $1.062 million in suspected illicit funds linked to the same scheme. Fernand was also among a group of six individuals charged back in May 2025 for operating an unlicensed virtual asset business, in direct violation of the country’s Virtual Asset Business Act. The Creators Alliance platform launched across Saint Lucia and neighboring Caribbean territories around June 2024, marketing itself as a lucrative peer-to-peer investment opportunity that authorities later classified as an illegal pyramid structure. The unregulated scheme imploded without warning in March 2025, leaving thousands of retail investors across the region facing millions of dollars in unrecoverable financial losses. The FIA has emphasized that its full-scale, multi-jurisdictional investigation into all money laundering activities connected to the collapsed scheme remains active and ongoing, with more potential charges expected as evidence is compiled. In a public advisory released alongside the latest arrest announcement, the financial watchdog urged all members of the public to exercise extreme due diligence when approached with unregulated, unvetted investment offers, and to consult licensed independent financial professionals before committing any funds to verify the legitimacy of any opportunity.