The former Director of the Bureau of Land Management stood to gain from a land deal he was involved in, says a new investigating report from the Office of the Inspector General.

The Office was researching a Henderson land deal from 2012. That deal made headlines when it blew up in court.

In 2012 Chris Milam purchased 480 acres of BLM-owned land in Henderson with the goal of building a $650 million sports complex and attracting a professional sports team.

That deal fell through when Milam told Henderson he no longer thought the stadium was feasible and instead wanted to build residential properties.

The City sued him, accusing him of trying to buy the land and flip it for a profit, instead of the stadium deal he sold them on.

That suit was settled with the deal being thrown out and Milam agreeing to never do business with Henderson again. But an OIG report now points the finger at the deal itself.

Early on Milam hired a consulting firm called Robcyn LLC. That company was formerly and has since changed its name back to, Abbey Stubbs & Ford.

The Abbey there is former BLM Director Bob Abbey. Abbey left the company for his role as Director of the Bureau but the OIG accuses him of using his influence with BLM to sway the Milam deal.

The report details how his former company made more than a half million dollars from the land deal and points to an agreement that Abbey had with his former partners to start working at his consulting firm again when he retired.

The report also includes an unnamed female employee who the OIG says "gave precedent" to the consulting firm.

The US Attorneys Office is not pressing charges.

Bob Abbey sent us the following statement:

"I have no clue how any qualified investigator could have reached the conclusion that I had been substantially involved in this proposed transaction. If the Department of Justice thought I had done anything criminal or had participated in any type of financial conspiracy then they would have aggressively pursued prosecution and rightly so. My integrity and credibility are traits that I hold dear. The people who have worked closely with me over the past three decades will know I would not have done what I am accused of doing. It was a privilege and honor for me to serve as the BLM Director and to work side by side with people I admire like former Secretary Ken Salazar and his senior staff. I would not have done anything to bring embarrassment to the agency or to the people who worked with me"

The Bureau of Land Management sent us the following statement;

"The Department takes the findings of the Inspector General's Office very seriously. The actions of these individuals not only violate the Department's ethics rules, but are considered a breach of our expectation that employees of the Interior Department, and in particular those in leadership positions like former BLM Director Bob Abbey, will hold themselves to the highest standards of ethical conduct. The individuals identified in the report failed to hold themselves to these standards, which is completely unacceptable. Appropriate disciplinary action will be taken against the individual who is still an employee with the BLM."

To read the report, click here.