A former attorney is being sent to prison for violating the terms of his probation on an embezzlement charge.

Christopher Moen was charged with taking about $40,000 from a client's trust account between December 2004 and January 2006. The 37-year-old Moen was given a suspended five-year sentence last year. The former Miller attorney also was disbarred by the state Supreme Court.

Hand County officials last month asked that Moen's probation be revoked, saying he violated terms of his court agreement. At a hearing Tuesday, Judge Jon Erickson ordered Moen to serve the five-year sentence.