The former Penticton Minor Hockey Association referee in chief was found to be offside in his dealings with their money.
Glenn Charbonneau, 40, who worked as the interim referee in chief in chief in 2015, pleaded guilty to one count of fraud under $5,000 on Monday at Penticton provincial court. Charbonneau will serve a conditional sentence order of six months, in which he must remain at his residence for the first three months except to attend work or as permitted by his supervisor and will be under a curfew of 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. for the last three months. He is also to have no contact with anyone he knows is involved or believes to be involved with the Penticton Minor Hockey Association.
91裸聊视频淭his will undoubtedly haunt him for the rest of his life,91裸聊视频 said defence counsel Norman Yates. 91裸聊视频淚t has already affected his children, it has already affected his relationship through family members 91裸聊视频 he has a long road ahead of him to try to deal with this.91裸聊视频
RCMP began an investigation after the Penticton Minor Hockey Association contacted them regarding payments which were not made to 10 referees, most of them between the ages of 11 to 17.
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The issue was brought to the association91裸聊视频檚 attention when a parent of one of the referees said her son had not received a cheque he was owed after two months of asking for it from Charbonneau. The parent had been given several excuses from Charboneau as to why the referee hadn91裸聊视频檛 received payment, including the cheque was in his truck in another province, he was distracted with family issues and finally they were told an e-transfer was sent. However, the e-transfer was never received.
Crown counsel Nashina Devji, who had asked for a conditional sentence order of nine to 12 months, said the treasurer for the association became suspicious and found that the cheque, and others totalling $1,575, had been deposited into an account owned by Charbonneau.
Yates said family members of Charbonneau were shocked to learn of the fraud and said it was completely out of character. He described Charbonneau91裸聊视频檚 situation as 91裸聊视频渄esperate91裸聊视频 as he was without income for three months.
91裸聊视频淭his was all in conjunction with having gotten himself into financial difficulty through an investment he and his colleague, mentor as he describes him, had gotten themselves into and it didn91裸聊视频檛 turn out,91裸聊视频 said Yates. 91裸聊视频淚n order to make rent payments and put food on the table he made the forever regretted decision to cash these cheques.91裸聊视频
Charbonneau, who has no prior convictions, had already paid restitution of the full amount to the Penticton Minor Hockey Association before the sentencing, provided a letter of apology to the hockey association and had letters ready to mail out apologizing to each of the referees.
91裸聊视频淚 accept what I have done and now want to move on to the next step,91裸聊视频 said a tearful Charbonneau to Judge Gail Sinclair.