Former Missouri Gov. Roger Wilson pleaded guilty within hours after a federal indictment was announced, accusing him of misappropriating $5,000 from a firm created by the state legislature to provide worker’s compensation insurance.

A grand jury indicted Wilson and St. Louis attorney Ed Griesedieck Wednesday.

They’re accused of filtering eight-thousand dollars in contributions to the Missouri Democratic Party through the law firm of Herzog Crebs.

In a prepared statement, Wilson told reporters he made a mistake, and is taking responsibility for it.

Wilson is the former Lieutenant Governor who served briefly as governor following the death of Mel Carnahan in a plane crash in late 2000.