Journalist evan hughes set out to untangle fact from fiction in wershe’s improbable story, tracking down the dealers, cops, and federal agents who shared the streets with him and eventually meeting wershe himself at the rural michigan prison where he remains incarcerated. Seth ferranti was serving his own prison sentence when he started speaking with richard wershe, the notorious babyfaced drug dealer known as white boy rick, through an interprison mailing. The film explores his entry into detroit’s dangerous drug scene — and what happened after federal agents stopped working with him.
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While some speculate he has earned money from movie deals and public appearances, others believe his.
According to fbi agent john anthony , at that time, white boy rick was the single most productive informant the fbi had in.
In the film, ricky helps his father with his gun smuggling business. Given his extensive time in prison and the media frenzy surrounding his life, estimating white boy rick's net worth is no easy task. But what the world didn’t know was that he had been secretly been working as an. (born july 18, 1969), [2] known as white boy rick , is an american former drug trafficker and federal bureau of investigation (fbi) informant.
When the fbi gets wise, they're in touch with ricky and tell him if he becomes an informant, they will not press charges. As we delve into his life, one cannot help but wonder about the financial repercussions of his notoriety. The youngest known informant in the history of the fbi, wershe became a confidential informant when he was 14 to 16 years old. At just 14, rick became the youngest fbi informant the agency ever employed.
The lad with the street name white boy rick was also carrying £22,000 in cash when he was nicked aged 17 in 1987.
