Ebook: White devil: the true story of the first white Asian crime boss
Author: Halloran Bob, Willis John
- Tags: Gangsters, Gangsters--Massachusetts--Boston, Organized crime, Organized crime--Massachussetts--Boston, Social conditions, Biographies, Gangsters -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Biography, Organized crime -- Massachussetts -- Boston, Chinatown (Boston Mass.) -- Social conditions, Willis John -- 1971-, Massachusetts -- Boston, Massachusetts -- Boston -- Chinatown
- Year: 2016
- Publisher: BenBella Books
- City: Chinatown (Boston;Mass.);Massachusetts;Boston;Chinatown
- Language: English
- epub
The amazing true story of the only white man to rise to the top of the Chinese mafia.
In August 2013, “Bac Guai" John Willis, also known as the “White Devil" because of his notorious ferocity, was sentenced to 20 years for drug trafficking and money laundering. Willis, according to prosecutors, was “the kingpin, organizer and leader of a vast conspiracy," all within the legendarily insular and vicious Chinese mafia.
It started when John Willis was 16 years old . . . his life seemed hopeless. His father had abandoned his family years earlier, his older brother had just died of a heart attack, and his mother was dying. John was alone, sleeping on the floor of his deceased brother's home. Desperate, John reached out to Woping, a young Chinese man Willis had rescued from a bar fight weeks before. Woping literally picks him up off the street, taking him home to live among his own brothers and sisters. Soon, Willis is accompanying Woping to meet his...