A Kansas business owner pleaded guilty Friday to withholding more than $258,000 in taxes from employee salaries that he failed to pay over to the government.

Michael J. Skladzien, 54, Wichita, Kan., pleaded guilty to one count of failing to pay over taxes.

In his plea, he admitted that while he owned S&S Floor Maintenance he withheld approximately $258,610 from salaries of employees to pay federal taxes. Instead of paying the funds over to the government, he spent the money on personal expenses including gambling.

U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said sentencing is set for Aug. 11, 2017. He faces up to five years in federal prison.

A northeastern Kansas man was sentenced Thursday to five years in federal prison for tax evasion.

U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said David Pflum, 71, of St. Marys, Kan., was ordered to pay more than $8.4 million in restitution. Pflum, the owner of Coil Springs Specialties, was found guilty in a jury trial in January on one count of tax evasion and one count of obstructing the Internal Revenue Service.

During trial, the prosecutor presented evidence that Pflum submitted false documents claiming he had less than $475 in assets and his income was $470 a month. In fact, he owned more than $2 million worth of real estate and his income was more than $16,000 a month. He urged renters, buyers and other people indebted to him to ignore collection efforts by the IRS.