Kentucky man faked his own death to avoid paying child support. Now he’s behind bars Yahoo News UK
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AKentuckymanhasbeensentencedtooversixyearsinprisonforhackingintothestatedeathregistrytofakehisowndeathinadesperatebidtoavoidpayingchildsupport.
JesseKipf,39,ofSomerset,washitwiththehefty81-monthsentenceonMondayafterhepleadedguiltytochargesofcomputerfraudandaggravatedidentitytheft.
KipfhadaccessedtheHawaiiDeathRegistrySystemusingastolenusernameandpasswordofaphysicianlivinginanotherstate,accordingtotheDepartmentofJustice.
Onceinthesystem,hecreatea“case”forhisowndeath,forgingaStateofHawaiiDeathCertificateWorksheet.
Heassignedhimselfasthemedicalcertifierforthecaseandcertifiedhisowndeathusingadoctor’sdigitalsignature.
Thismeantthathewasregisteredasdeceasedinmultiplegovernmentdatabases.
JesseKipf(pictured)hasbeensentencedforfakinghisowndeathtoavoidpayingchildsupport(GraysonCountyDetentionCentre)Kipfadmittedthathefakedhisowndeath,“inpart,toavoidhisoutstandingchildsupportobligations.”
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