Kentucky man admits to faking own death to avoid paying child support - Lemmy.World

Jesse Kipf pleaded guilty to computer fraud and identity theft after he created a fake death certificate for himself A man in southern Kentucky [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/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 [https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24533990-jesse-kipf-plea-agreement?responsive=1&title=1] 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.