I Went from Wall Street to Prison — Over a Technicality | Travis Richey

Locked In with Ian Bick

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4.9 • 606 Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2025

⏱️ 119 minutes

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Travis Richey was a successful hedge fund owner with a background in finance — until a paperwork mistake landed him in an Arizona state prison. Raised in Boston with family ties to organized crime, Travis built a career on Wall Street before a technicality changed his life forever. In this gripping episode, Travis opens up about his rise in the finance world, the moment it all came crashing down, and how he’s now using his experience to help others through his nonprofit. #TrueCrimePodcast #WhiteCollarCrime #PrisonReform #FinanceGoneWrong #FromWallStreetToPrison #LifeAfterPrison #ArizonaPrisonStory #LockedInPodcast Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick: https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en https://ianbick.com/ Presented by Tyson 2.0 & Wooooo Energy: https://tyson20.com/ https://woooooenergy.com/ Buy Merch: http://www.ianbick.com/shop Timestamps: 00:00:00 Travis Richie's Early Life and Career 00:07:01 Growing Up with a Criminal Father 00:14:30 Reflections on Childhood and School Experiences 00:21:50 High-Earning Careers Without a College Degree 00:29:03 Navigating Securities Regulations: A Lesson in Legal Oversight 00:36:44 Uncovering Legal Challenges and Investor Relations 00:43:46 Embracing Hate Comments for Growth 00:51:10 The Courtroom Decision and Sentencing 00:58:29 Courtroom Appearance: The Importance of Image 01:06:42 Learning from Past Mistakes in Business 01:13:36 First Day in Prison: A Journey to the Unknown 01:20:52 From Inmate to Financial Literacy Teacher 01:28:27 Facing Felony Charges and Financial Ruin 01:36:29 Recognizing Privilege and Life's Challenges 01:44:43 Overcoming Probation Challenges 01:51:12 Success Stories and Turning Points 01:58:23 Travis Shares His Inspirational Journey Powered by: Just Media House : https://www.justmediahouse.com/ Creative direction, design, assets, support by FWRD: https://www.fwrd.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	For me, it's the ditty thing at the moment.
0:01.8	We have spent tens of millions of dollars on a case that's basically dead.
0:06.3	The federal statutes, the state statutes are so heavy in terms of charges that they will just
0:12.3	overcharge the shit out of people.
0:13.9	And now you've ruined them in the public eye.
0:15.9	Travis Ritchie grew up in Boston with ties to organized crime, but he chose a different
0:20.4	path, finance. He started
0:22.6	a hedge fund and found early success until a paperwork error landed him in an Arizona state
0:28.3	prison for two years. Now he's rebuilding his life and using his story to help others behind bars
0:34.2	through his nonprofit. This is a journey from Wall Street dreams to prison bars and back again.
0:44.3	Travis, welcome to Lockton.
0:46.2	Thanks so much for coming from Idaho, you said, right?
0:48.8	Yeah, man.
0:49.4	Pleasure, thanks.
0:50.1	I think you might be one of our first Idaho guests.
0:52.4	I don't know if we've had anyone from Idaho.
0:54.0	I hope so. Maybe there's a couple. I don't know if we've had anyone from Idaho.
0:50.7	So maybe there's a couple. I don't know. Such a random state, the potato state, right? Yeah, exactly. Yeah. And you were originally from Arizona, right? That's where I did my time, yeah. Did you grow up in Arizona? I grew up in Boston. Not too far from him. Oh, you're from Boston. Yeah, Framingham.
0:51.6	Oh, okay.
0:56.1	My mom's side of the family or some of her sister, our aunt, is in Cambridge.
0:56.6	Okay.
1:30.6	So we grew up going to Thanksgiving there, uh, every year. It's only a couple hours from here. Yeah. Beautiful area. Yeah. Yeah. Fun upbringing. What was the upbringing like? It was a typical East Coast, you know, nobody had, I was telling my wife as we were driving in, you know, through Connecticut here.
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