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Kentucky man faked his own death to avoid paying child support. Now he’s behind bars

Kentucky man faked his own death to avoid paying child support. Now he’s behind bars  Yahoo News UK

AKentuckymanhasbeensentencedtooversixyearsinprisonforhackingintothestatedeathregistrytofakehisowndeathinadesperatebidtoavoidpayingchildsupport. JesseKipf,39,ofSomerset,washitwiththehefty81-monthsentenceonMondayafterhepleadedguiltytochargesofcomputerfraudandaggravatedidentitytheft. KipfhadaccessedtheHawaiiDeathRegistrySystemusingastolenusernameandpasswordofaphysicianlivinginanotherstate,accordingtotheDepartmentofJustice. Onceinthesystem,hecreatea“case”forhisowndeath,forgingaStateofHawaiiDeathCertificateWorksheet. Heassignedhimselfasthemedicalcertifierforthecaseandcertifiedhisowndeathusingadoctor’sdigitalsignature. Thismeantthathewasregisteredasdeceasedinmultiplegovernmentdatabases. JesseKipf(pictured)hasbeensentencedforfakinghisowndeathtoavoidpayingchildsupport(GraysonCountyDetentionCentre)Kipfadmittedthathefakedhisowndeath,“inpart,toavoidhisoutstandingchildsupportobligations.” Healso