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Kentucky man who admitted faking his death to avoid child support sentenced to prison

Kentucky man who admitted faking his death to avoid child support sentenced to prison  USA TODAY

AKentuckymanwassentencedtonearly7yearsinprisonafterhackingstatesystemstofakehisdeath,inpart,toescapechildsupportpayments,theU.S.DepartmentofJusticeannounced. JesseKipf,39,ofSomerset,Kentucky,hackedintotheHawaiiDeathRegistrySysteminJanuary2023withtheusernameandpasswordofaphysicianlivinginanotherstatetocertifyhisdeath,resultinginKipfbeingregisteredasadeceasedpersoninseveralgovernmentdatabases,theU.S.Attorney’sOffice,EasternDistrictofKentuckysaidTuesday.Healsoinfiltratedotherstates’deathregistrysystemsandprivatebusinessnetworks,andgovernmentalandcorporatenetworksusingcredentialsstolenfromrealpeopletriedtosellaccesstothesenetworkstopotentialbuyersonthedarkweb. “Thisschemewasacynicalanddestructiveeffort,basedinpartontheinexcusablegoalofavoidinghischildsupportobligations,”saidCarltonS.Shier,IV,UnitedStatesAttorneyfortheEasternDistrictofKentucky,inastatement.“Thiscaseisasta