US man faked his own death via hacking state records to avoid over RM475,000 in child support payments

A man entered a guilty plea to charges related to staging his own death in an attempt to avoid having to pay over US$100,000 (RM475,050) in outstanding child support to his ex-wife. — Image by Freepik

A Kentucky man pleaded guilty to charges connected to faking his own death, in part in an attempt to avoid paying over US$100,000 (RM475,050) in outstanding child support payments to his ex-wife.

NBC News reported that Jesse E. Kipf, 39, pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated identity theft and one count of computer fraud, after he accessed the Hawaii death registry system using the credentials of a doctor living in another state. He then created a case for his own death, which led to him being listed as deceased in several government databases.