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Police: Reputed Mobster Ratting On Cohorts In Boulis Hit(Abramoff involved?)
Local 10 tv, Miami ^ | September | Local 10-Miami

Posted on 01/04/2006 1:49:33 PM PST by radar101

Detectives say that there are new developments in the investigation into the mob-style murder of well-known South Florida businessman Gus Boulis.

Investigators said Friday that reputed Gambino family crime associate Anthony Moscatiello is ratting on the other two men arrested, but he is not implicating himself.

Moscatiello received thousands of dollars in Sun Cruz checks, money that investigators said they believe was the payoff for the murder of Boulis.

Moscatiello, along with Anthony Ferrari and James Fiorillo, are charged with gunning down Boulis back in 2001.

Moscatiello and Ferrari are charged with first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder and solicitation to commit murder. Fiorillo is charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder.

Gus Boulis, 51 was gunned down in the streets of Fort Lauderdale on Feb. 6, 2001.

Boulis was the founder of Miami Subs and the controversial SunCruz line of casino boats. Boulis was driving his BMW near the 2000 block of Miami Road when a vehicle cut him off. Seconds later a Ford Mustang pulled up next to Boulis’ car, and one of two men inside fired several shots into Boulis’ car before both cars sped away.

Boulis emigrated from Greece and built an empire of gambling boats, hotels, and restaurants, including the national chain of Miami Subs. SunCruz, which was founded in 1994 with just one ship, grew to become the largest operator of casino gaming ships in Florida.

In 1998, the cruise-to-nowhere line was investigated by the state under suspicion of allowing gambling within the three-mile no-gambling zone off the coast. State agents seized slot machines and approximately $1 million in cash from three SunCruz ships. A judge ruled there was not enough evidence to support the state’s case, and the machines and money were returned to Boulis.

Investigators said trouble for Boulis began with the sale and purchase of Sun Cruz Casinos.

Boulis sold Sun Cruz to Adam Kidan, but it was a contentious sale that left the two men at odds with each other.

Investigators zeroed in on a mysterious series of checks totaling $105,000 from Kidan payable to a Miami Beach company called "Moon Over Miami."

The man behind Moon Over Miami is Anthony Ferrari.

The sale of Sun Cruz led to charges last month against prominent Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff. He is a key figure in investigations involving House Majority Leader Tom DeLay.

The indictment was returned Aug. 11 by a grand jury in Fort Lauderdale. It charges that Abramoff and New York businessman Adam Kidan used a fake wire transfer to defraud two lenders out of some $60 million dollars to finance the deal to buy Sun-Cruz from Boulis.

Both have pleaded not guilty in the fraud case


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: boulis; crime; fraud; murder; politics; stoolpigeons

1 posted on 01/04/2006 1:49:36 PM PST by radar101
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To: radar101

Rove was the trigger man?


2 posted on 01/04/2006 1:51:31 PM PST by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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To: radar101
Tomorrow headline:

Tom Delay connected to Mob hit!

3 posted on 01/04/2006 1:58:24 PM PST by TexasCajun
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To: radar101

This is interesting. This was a very professional hit with virtually no witnesses in Downtown Ft. Lauderdale. If I remember right it was early evening.

Neat police work if it is solved. There are many more in south Florida that need the same kind of 'luck.'


4 posted on 01/04/2006 1:59:47 PM PST by Quick Shot
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To: Quick Shot

Bush' fault, rummy was the hit man. s/off


5 posted on 01/04/2006 2:53:46 PM PST by USS Alaska (Nuke the terrorist savages - In Honor of Standing Wolf)
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To: radar101
Background: Money, Mobsters, Murder The sordid tale of a GOP lobbyist's casino deal gone bad.
6 posted on 01/04/2006 3:00:21 PM PST by Shermy
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To: Shermy

Fascinating article. I wonder how many news stories on Abramoff will pick up on this angle of his career.


7 posted on 01/04/2006 6:18:29 PM PST by TFFKAMM
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To: radar101; Cacique; Coleus; rmlew; nutmeg; PJ-Comix
Gus Boulis, 51 was gunned down in the streets of Fort Lauderdale on Feb. 6, 2001.

I was living in Miami at the time and this was BIG NEWS at the time. It was suspected initially that Boulis had gotten involved with some Israeli ecstacy dealers (who were very active in running "t-shirt shops" that were money laundromats from Key West to Jupiter), and that the hit was payback for Boulis's siphoning off profits from concessions he ran in conjunction with said Israelis.

It should also be mentioned that Gus Boulis was a MAJOR contributor to the Democratic Party in Broward County. Nevertheless, I still hit Miami Subs whenever I visit the parents. Gotta love a place where you can get White Star Champagne with your cheese steak.

8 posted on 01/04/2006 6:23:28 PM PST by Clemenza (Smartest words ever written by a Communist: "Show me the way to the next Whiskey Bar")
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To: radar101; Clemenza
Money, Mobsters, Murder [MUST READ re: Abramoff and Ney]

9 posted on 01/04/2006 6:25:07 PM PST by Coleus (IMHO, The IVF procedure is immoral & kills many embryos/children and should be outlawed)
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To: Clemenza
I think I'd rather have a Pepsi.

I see this investigation is far from over and is very complex.
10 posted on 01/04/2006 6:26:49 PM PST by Coleus (IMHO, The IVF procedure is immoral & kills many embryos/children and should be outlawed)
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