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

[marmar]

(Guardian UK) 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.

“He applied a digital signature for [the physician], providing his name, title, and license number. This resulted in the defendant being registered as deceased in many government databases,” the government said. ..................(more)

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/08/kentucky-man-fakes-death-child-support

[Emile]

1. Dead Beat Dad for certain.

[malaise]

2. Bet this scumbag is a MAGAt

That is all

[MineralMan]

3. Scumbag Dad!

It's almost unbelievable, except it's not.

[Timeflyer]

4. Suggestion--mandatory vasectomy as part of his restitution,

[Groundhawg]

5. Deplorable