(WIBW) - A Pottawatomie County man is headed to prison on charges he stole more than a half-million dollars from his mother's trust fund.

Kent Joseph Gockel was sentenced to two and a half years and ordered to pay the money back. He pleaded guilty in May to 11 counts of bank fraud...

The sentence won't start until the 52-year old finishes serving another 30 month term for a federal firearms violation.

On July 19, 2008, prosecutors say, Gockel’s mother learned that her trust account at Silver Lake Bank was overdrawn. A review of bank statements revealed Gockel had been writing checks to himself or to cash from his mother’s accounts without her knowledge.

On Jan. 7, 2009, his mother learned that another account she had at Kaw Valley State Bank had been almost emptied. A review of the account revealed Gockel had wired money or written checks from the trust accounts totaling more than $500,000. Gockel made wire transfers from his mother’s accounts to Hall of Fame Collectables in Allentown, Penn., BMX Entertainment S.A. San Jose, Costa Rica, and Olympus Entertainment Group, St. John’s Antigua, West Indies.

Prosecutors say Gockel stole a total of $584,688 through the bank fraud scheme.