Michael Scott Hoover, Child Pornography, North Carolina 2024

Former Wells Fargo Employee Sentenced to 70 Years in Prison for Child Pornography

A former Wells Fargo Information Technology employee, Michael Scott Hoover, 52, of Wilkesboro, N.C., was sentenced to 70 years in prison on child pornography charges in a federal court in Charlotte, N.C. on [no specified date].

Hoover was found guilty of two counts of production of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography. The child pornography was found on Hoover’s work cell phone during an internal investigation by Wells Fargo.

According to filed court documents, evidence presented at trial and witness testimony, between June 2018 and August 2019, Hoover used his work cell phone to produce images and videos of two minor males, as young as 12-years-old, engaging in sexually explicit conduct.

Hoover will also be subject to a lifetime of supervised release and must register as a sex offender upon his release from prison. He was ordered to pay special assessments totaling $132,300.

U.S. Attorney Dena J. King commended the investigative work of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI), and the Wilkes County Sheriff’s Office in bringing Hoover to justice.

The sentence sends a clear message that child predators will not be tolerated in North Carolina.

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