A former Kansas congressional candidate is accused of using campaign money to cover a check for a down payment on his $1.2 million house.

A federal indictment in Kansas City, Kansas, says Adam Taff then put the money back into his campaign accounts with the full knowledge of the seller.

The 40-year-old Taff lost the 2004 Republican primary and also ran unsuccessfully as the GOP candidate for the Kansas Third District seat in 2002. Taff was indicted on one count of mail fraud and one of violating the Federal Election Campaign Act.

John Myers, 48, of Leawood was indicted on one count of mail fraud.

The indictment alleged that while Taff was working for Myers' Overland Park mortgage company in 2003 and 2004, the two hatched a scheme to defraud a Kansas City, Missouri, mortgage firm.