THE FBI whistleblower who helped bring down a global drug cartel is prepared to hand the man he sent to prison a chance at redemption - in the boxing ring.

High-stakes gambler RJ Cipriani, aka Jackpot, was sucked into the nefarious world of Owen Hanson, the former USC football walk-on who became a drug lord operating a money laundering and illegal sports gambling business worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

It's a wild, almost unbelievable, story that involved the tragic suicide of an associate of Hanson's who was unwittingly dragged into the sorry mess.

Between Hanson being charged in 2015, after being apprehended at a golf course in San Diego, and 2017, there were 1,000 arrests, with 800 occurring in a single day.

This dramatic period is the focus of an upcoming Sony scripted series, executive produced by Cipriani, Nick Stoller, Conor Welch, and Jamie Canniffe.

Hollywood star Mark Wahlberg's production company is also very interested in producing a docuseries for Amazon.

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Hanson was sentenced to 21 years in 2017 and was required to forfeit $5 million to the authorities, which included $100,000 in gold coins, luxury vehicles, jewelry, vacation homes, a sailboat, and stakes in several businesses.

Cops also found six encrypted cell phones that had been purchased from a...

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