A , Kentucky , citizen who faked his death to evade paying child support has been sentenced to six years and nine months in federal prison.
Jesse Kipf, 39, of , Somerset , avoided more than$ 116, 000 in child support before he was caught, according to the court document.
Kipf accessed the dying registration system in , Hawaii , in 2023 with the username and password of a physician in another position and completed a death certificate for himself, then used the doctor’s name, title and registration number on it, according to his appeal deal.
As a result, he was listed as dying in some federal data.
Kipf’s lawyer,  , Thomas P. Miceli, said in a sentencing memo that Kipf served in the military for about three times and was deployed to , Iraq , in 2007 and 2008.
According to Miceli, the mental trauma Kipf experienced during the war increased his drug use, which “produced an increase in foolish and legal behavior.”
In advocating for a lower statement for Kipf, Miceli said that Kipf also has been diagnosed with anxious fantasies and psychotic tendencies.
However, the counsel, Assistant , U. S.  , Attorney , Kathryn M. Dieruf, said in a punishment letter that Kipf’s “online exploits displayed an unexpected breadth, carelessness, and disrespect for subjects”.
According to Dieruf, Kipf used identifying data he stole from real doctors to create fake death certificates for himself and found vulnerabilities in state death-registry systems.
According to the memo, he posted information for sale on darknet forums about how others could use it to access the death registry systems in violation of the law.
In addition, Kipf hacked into private business computer networks and admitted selling one company’s databases to Russians, according to the prosecution memo.
Dieruf acknowledged Kipf was a decorated veteran, but said the , U. S. Army , charged him for theft and damage to government property, and noted he had been charged in , Texas  , with fraudulent use of identifying information and in , Nebraska , with criminal possession of financial transaction devices.
According to the prosecution memo, Kipf is facing charges in , Somerset , for allegedly stealing credit card numbers to pay for food deliveries through services like Door Dash.
The allegations support Kipf’s choice to “avoid ever obtaining legitimate employment” and instead use his extensive technical expertise to earn money by stealing from others, Dieruf wrote.
Kipf claimed to have been selling identities to support himself after being detained and that he had n’t had a legitimate job in five years.
He admitted to computer fraud and aggravating identity theft.
U. S. District Judge , Robert E. Wier , sentenced Kipf Monday in federal court in , London.
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