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Maximilian Schmidt - Age, Family, Bio

Author

James Holden

Updated on February 19, 2026

Drug dealer and pop culture figure who inspired the Netflix series How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast). This exposure has led to him amassing more than 340,000 followers on his verified Instagram account.

Before Fame

He worked in a restaurant before founding the drug trafficking dark web site Shiny Flakes.

Trivia

While serving his sentence in 2023 it was discovered that he founded a second drug trafficking site while he was incarcerated. This landed him an additional 4.5 year sentence.

Family Life

He was born in Germany.

Associated With

Both he and Pablo Escobar are international drug traffickers who ended up with Netflix shows based on their exploits.