A judge tossed Richard Wershe Jr.'s lawsuit seeing $1 million from Detroit and the FBI after his role as an informant as a teen landed him in prison. Wershe, who was often referred to as “White Boy Rick," received life in prison for drug offenses following years of work as an informant for federal and local police.
After spending more than three decades in prison, the Michigan native known as “White Boy Rick,” whose time as a drug dealer and undercover FBI informant inspired a movie of the same name starring Matthew McConaughey, found himself back behind bars again. This time in Miami-Dade County.
Richard Wershe, a famous former FBI informant turned drug dealer in Michigan, was arrested in Miami for attacking his girlfriend during an argument that stemmed from him saying another woman’s name during sex, officials said.