Two men are facing criminal charges in relation to the now defunct Okanagan Elite Hockey Association.
Loren Reagan and Michael Gordon Elphicke are both charged with fraud, theft over $5,000 and operating an unauthorized lottery scheme.
The association was involved in two civil suits in 2012 — one against parents who had raised over $100,000 through fundraising efforts to send minor hockey players to Europe, when the trip was abruptly cancelled.
The lawyer representing the parents, Nathan Wahoski, told the Western News in 2012 that nobody knew where the money went.
"The bottom line is that someone took the money and used it for other things, maybe used it for personal reasons," Wahoski said.
The other lawsuit was put forward by Citation Ventures, who were set to arrange the financing for a hockey dormitory project located next to the South Okanagan Events Centre.
The project was started, but the company hired to work on the site, Grizzly Excavating Ltd., was never compensated and filed a suit against the association in 2013.
Elphicke and Reagan will appear in court on separate dates in April.