SALT LAKE CITY — An Orem man convicted of transporting chid sexual abuse material has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison.
Austin Matthew Otto, 25, was identified by a Google report to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children after he uploaded child sexual abuse material to his Google Photos account in May 2021, charging documents state. Police tracked down the IP addresses of the material, leading to Otto's arrest.
Police reported locating more than 400 images and 19 videos of child sexual abuse material on Otto's laptop and cellphone.
"Critically, 17 exploitative images of two children, ages 5 and 8, were located on Otto's phone; these were children Otto personally knew and he admitted to taking these photos," Otto's sentencing memorandum states.
The mother of the victims told police she had dated Otto for a brief time, and he had no "legitimate reason" to be alone with the children, court documents state. Otto grew up in an abusive, unstable environment and has a history of violent behavior dating back to his childhood, according to the sentencing memorandum.
Otto was indicted by a federal grand jury in 2022 for two counts of production of child pornography, one count of transporting child pornography and a count of possessing child pornography.
Last week, Otto pleaded guilty to the transportation charge. The other charges were dismissed as part of the plea deal.
In addition to his imprisonment, Otto must pay his victims $3,000 each. After his imprisonment is over, he will have a lifetime of supervised release, the U.S. Attorney's Office for Utah said.
