A former top official at the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) reportedly violated federal ethics rules by improperly holding

Tommy Beaudreau improperly held stocks in ExxonMobil and Chevron, according to the Interior Department’s Office of Inspector General.

Tommy Beaudreau, former Deputy Secretary of the Interior, improperly held stock in ExxonMobil and Chevron while participating in a meeting affecting those companies, according to a report by the agency’s internal watchdog.

Former Deputy Interior Secretary Tommy Beaudreau violated ethics laws by not properly monitoring financial investments or recusing himself in a conflict of interest, the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) watchdog found in a report published Tuesday.