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Evolve Bank Fires CEO Bob Hartheimer After Arrest on Child Exploitation Charges

The bank says the case is a personal matter unrelated to its operations under ongoing federal oversight.

Overview

  • FBI agents arrested Hartheimer at Evolve’s Poplar Avenue headquarters in Memphis on Thursday during the execution of a search warrant.
  • Shelby County records list charges of sexual exploitation of a minor and distribution of obscene material.
  • Evolve said its board terminated Hartheimer effective immediately and assigned oversight to President and CFO Mark Mosteller and EVP and General Counsel Joelle Weltzin.
  • A bank spokesman said the U.S. Attorney’s office indicated the matter does not involve the bank or its operations.
  • Hartheimer, appointed CEO in August, is scheduled to appear in federal court on Tuesday as the bank continues operating under a 2024 Federal Reserve enforcement order for compliance deficiencies.