A Kentucky man has recently pleaded guilty to a bizarre scheme involving faking his own death to evade paying child support. Authorities say 38-year-old Jesse Kipf resorted to extreme measures by stealing the identity of a doctor and manipulating various state death registry systems to create a false narrative of his demise. This elaborate ruse, aimed at dodging a hefty $116,000 in child support payments to his ex-wife, involved not only deception but also computer fraud and attempted sale of illicit access.
… Kipf’s guilty plea to charges of aggravated identity theft and computer fraud could potentially land him a maximum sentence of seven years in prison, accompanied by significant fines.