Dad hacks database to fake his death and avoid child support

The man, from Kentucky, has been jailed for what a judge in the US called his "cynical" actions.

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Jesse Kipf from Kentucky, in the US, was sentenced to 81 months for computer fraud and aggravated identity theft.

The 39-year-old admitted to accessing the Hawaii Death Registry System in January last year and creating a “case” for his own death.

Kipf then completed a State of Hawaii Death Certificate Worksheet, assigned himself as the medical certifier for the case and certified his death, using the digital signature of the doctor.

It meant he was successfully registered as a deceased person in many government databases.

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