WASHINGTON–A representative of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) who has been responsible for letting go most of the workforce at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has now left the agency himself.

Gavin Kliger, who according to court filings had been central to efforts to fire roughly 1,500 of the CFPB’s 1,700-member staff, left the agency Wednesday, according to an email obtained by Bloomberg Law and reported by the news outlet.

The reason given on the offboarding email is that Kliger’s “detail ended,” Bloomberg Law said.

Bloomberg Law further noted that Kliger’s departure follows a series of stories highlighting potential financial conflicts in his investment portfolio. Kliger held up to $715,000 worth of shares in Apple Inc., Tesla Inc., Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Google parent Alphabet Inc., Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, and two cryptocurrencies, ethics records obtained by ProPublica show, the report pointed out.

Warnings from Ethics Officials

CFPB ethics officials warned Kliger those investments were prohibited because the agency can regulate the companies, ProPublica stated.

Bloomberg News, using records obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, said Kliger was hired as a senior adviser for IT issues at the Office of Personnel Management and designated as a GS-15 employee on the governmentwide pay scale. 

According to numerous reports, as many as 1,500 of the CFPB’s 1,700 employees have been told they are being terminated.