Richard Wershe Jr. aka White Boy Rick is an Informant of F.B.I who was born on July 18, 1969. In the crime world, he is mostly known as White Boy Rick. In fact, he started to work for the FBI when he was 14 years old. As of 2922, Rick has an estimated net worth of $5 million.
However, he had involved himself in the crime world with Теrrеnсе Веll who was a criminal. And the criminal was in a relationship with Wershe’s sister.
Before getting involved with crime, he used to help the F.B.I to get information about the criminals. In fact, he was the informant of both the F.B.I as well as police. He was even able to give some of the crucial information.
How Much Money Does White Boy Rick Make?
On average White Boy Rick aka Richard Wershe Jr. makes around $100k annually.
How did Richard manage to gross multi-million? — is that your question, right? Let’s have a clear concept on Richard Wershe Jr.’s earning wheels…
Most of Wershe’s wealth came through —
- FBI Informant
- Drug Dealing
How Much Richard Wershe Jr. Earn as FBI Informant?
Inspired by his father, Richard Wershe Jr. joined F.B.I. when he was only 14. He worked two active years for F.B.I. (1984 to 1986).
Generally, F.B.I. informants get $100k per fiscal year. The range can vary.
But, someone like Richard Wershe Jr. made more than $100k per fiscal year as he was a vital informant for both F.B.I. and Police in the US. — Why? Because he gave astonishing information to F.B.I. that was related to a contract between a major drug dealer and Detroit detective inspector.
Working as an F.B.I. informant for two years, Richard grew somewhere in six-digit. But, he wanted more. That’s why Wershe was involved in drug dealing using his gathered information and links.
Earning From Drug Dealing
In 1987, Richard Wershe Jr. was arrested due to his involvement with drug dealing. He was arrested with 9000 grams of cocaine and $30k in cash. Before that, he distributed 650 grams of cocaine.
Wershe surely earned multi-million through drug dealing. Generally, one gram of cocaine in the US goes for $96. Hence, at the time of arrest, Wershe was bearing $864000 worth of cocaine.
Though exact numbers haven’t been found out, it can be estimated that a vast part of Richard Wershe’s net worth came from drug dealing.
Later on, Wershe had to survive three decades in prison. A film has been made featuring Richard Wershe Jr. in 2018. Hence, he had to go through several interviews with the mass media.
Richard Wershe Jr. was highlighted in the $29 million budgeted film — White Boy Rick in 2018. This film earned well enough in the worldwide box office.
In fact, Richard came to the spotlight after releasing ‘White Boy Rick’.
Did White Boy Rick get any money from the movie?
In August 2018, Richard Wershe Jr. was released from prison. Later on, he had to face numerous interviews with the media personalities. Besides, he came to a contract with Yann Demange, who is the director of the ‘White Boy Rick’ film. This film is based on a true story.
Talking about the ‘White Boy Rick’ film, it earned $8,860,431 in the opening weekend. Later on, this film earned $25,947,983 in the worldwide box office.
Here’s White Boy Rick film’s financial disclosure —
| Theatrical Performance | Amount |
| Domestic Box Office | $24,004,833 |
| International Box Office | $1,943,150 |
| Estimated Domestic DVD sales | $1,618,430 |
| Estimated Domestic Blu-ray sales | $961,904 |
| Producing Budget | $29,000,000 |
Richard Wershe Jr. was featured in this film. But, he hardly shared how much he received from this film. It is still under research. Generally, a storyteller in the US averagely gets paid $51k. Hence, Wershe received a handsome amount from White Boy Rick.
Apart from Richard, you will see Jonathan Majors, portraying the character of the leader of Curry Trafficking Ring — Johnny Curry. He was a Detroit-based drug dealer. Richard Wershe Jr. helped the FBI to arrest him.
Where is White Boy Rick now?
In Michigan history, Richard Wershe is the longest-serving non-violent juvenile offender. Serving 32 years behind bars, Richard was released in 2018. He is now living in Michigan as a free man.
House & Car
Richard Wershe Jr. was released from Florida prison on 20 July 2020. Leaving prison cells, Richard is currently living in his Michigan house.
Richard claimed four stolen cars while he was in prison. He added that his sister has brokered his four stolen cars for about $6k. However, Richard Wershe Jr. was seen driving the BMW X5 after being released from prison.
Richard Wershe Jr: At a Glance
| Full Name: | Richard Wershe Jr. |
| Known as: | White Boy Rick |
| Born: | July 18, 1969 |
| Birth Place: | Michigan, United States |
| Birth Sign: | Cancer |
| Height: | 1.88 Meters |
| Weight: | 79 kg |
| Nationality: | American |
| Marital Status: | Single |
| Spouse: | N/A |
| Children: | Richard Williams |
| Profession: | Informant of F.B.I |
| Net Worth: | $5 Million |
Career
Wershe started to work as an Informant when he was only 14. At the age of 15, he informed the F.B.I that a drug dealer made a conversation with the Detroit detective inspector, and the president of the city council as well as Gill Hill, who was the mayoral candidate.
The important thing is that the conversation was about paying a bribe for influencing the investigation of the murder of a boy who was 13 years old only.
When Wershe was 17, he got arrested for involvement with the cocaine profession. For this acquisition, Wershe was sentenced to life imprisonment. Wershe didn’t even get any help from the F.B.I as he was the informant.
However, Richard Wershe Jr. was fortunate that the Justice Campaigners took attention on his case in 2017, for which he got paroled. But he had to spend another 5 years in a Florida prison for a car theft conviction of 2008. However, he was released from custody with well behavior credits on July 20, 2020.
FAQs
He has a net worth of $5 million approximately.
Well, he was punished owing to his involvement with the drug deal.
He is a citizen of the United States.
Wershe was released from custody on July 20, 2020
The “White Boy Rick” was filmed in Cleveland, Ohio.
Sources:
- https://theintercept.com/2017/01/31/how-the-fbi-conceals-its-payments-to-confidential-sources/ — F.B.I. Informant Salary per fiscal year.
- https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt4537896/ — Box office earning of ‘White Boy Rick’ film.
- https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2020/07/12/after-three-decades-white-boy-rick-wershe-jr-go-free/4684015002/ — A Detroit News on Richard Wershe Jr. arresting incident.
- https://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/2017/07/richard_wershe_jr_to_serve_nea.html — A news on Richard’s stolen cars…
- https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/White-Boy-Rick#tab=summary — Financial disclosure of the film, White Boy Rick.
- https://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/storyteller-salary-SRCH_KO0,11.htm#:~:text=The%20national%20average%20salary%20for%20a%20Storyteller%20is%20%2451%2C618%20in%20United%20States — Average Salary of a storyteller in the US.
