Man who US says faked death to avoid child support gets 81 months in prison

Kipf, 39, hacked into the Hawaii Death Registry System in January 2023 with the username and password of a doctor living in another state to create and certify his own death certificate. — Reuters

A Kentucky man who prosecutors say hacked into state death registry systems to fake his own death – in part to avoid paying more than US$100,000 (RM436,416) in child support – was sentenced on Aug 19 to 81 months in federal prison, authorities said.

According to federal prosecutors, the man, Jesse Kipf, 39, of Somerset, Kentucky, hacked into the Hawaii Death Registry System in January 2023 with the username and password of a doctor living in another state to create and certify his own death certificate.