August 23, 2024 at 08:03AM
Kentucky man Jesse Kipf was sentenced to nine years in federal prison after faking his death to avoid paying child support. He hacked into state registries and manipulated official records, resulting in his registration as a deceased person in multiple government databases. Kipf also accessed private networks and attempted to sell access on the dark web.
From the meeting notes, it is evident that Jesse Kipf, a Kentucky man, was sentenced to nine years in federal prison for attempting to fake his death in order to avoid child support payments. He accessed state registries by using the credentials of other individuals, created a false death certificate, and attempted to sell access on the dark web. His motive for faking his own death was to evade his outstanding child support obligations. In addition to the prison sentence, Kipf is required to pay over $195,000 in restitution for damage to computer systems and the remaining total of his child support.