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Kentucky man admits to faking own death to avoid paying child support

www.theguardian.com Kentucky man admits to faking own death to avoid paying child support

Jesse Kipf pleaded guilty to computer fraud and identity theft after he created a fake death certificate for himself

Kentucky man admits to faking own death to avoid paying child support

Jesse Kipf pleaded guilty to computer fraud and identity theft after he created a fake death certificate for himself

A man in southern Kentucky has admitted in court to faking his own death to avoid paying more than $100,000 in outstanding child support to his ex-wife.

Jesse Kipf, 39, pleaded guilty on 29 March in federal court to computer fraud and identity theft after he accessed Hawaii’s death registry system and posed as a doctor from another state in order to create a fake death certificate for himself.

According to a plea agreement filed in court, Kipf filled out a Hawaii death certificate worksheet in early 2023, essentially assigned himself as the medical certifier for the case and certified his own death.

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