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