Shiny Flakes: The Teenage Drug Lord

Shiny Flakes: The Teenage Drug Lord is a German true crime documentary film from the producers of "How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)" and it is directed by Eva Müller and Michael Schmitt. It was released on Netflix on August 3, 2021. This film documents .

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"Max S. reveals how he built a drug empire from his childhood bedroom in this story that inspired the series "How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast).""

—Official Netflix synopsis

This is the true story that inspired the hit German Original Series How To Sell Drugs Online (Fast). In February 2015, Maximilian Schmidt, known online as Shiny Flakes, was arrested for selling approx. 4.1 million euros worth of drugs - from his childhood bedroom. Using his own website shinyflakes.com and the German postal service, at 19-years old he ran an international drugs empire by himself - selling one tonne of drugs over 14 months. It’s one of the largest cybercrime-cases known in Germany, and the police still don’t know where most of the money is. In this documentary, Maximilian tells his story.