{"id":190353,"date":"2021-10-28T12:55:23","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T19:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=190353"},"modified":"2021-10-28T14:26:55","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T21:26:55","slug":"sons-of-murdered-florida-casino-cruise-tycoon-in-legal-fight-over-estate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/sons-of-murdered-florida-casino-cruise-tycoon-in-legal-fight-over-estate\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Casino Cruise Tycoon’s Sons in Legal Squabble Over Murdered Father’s Estate"},"content":{"rendered":"

The sons of the late Florida casino cruise founder Gus Boulis<\/a> are engaged in a legal fight for their inheritance. Boulis was murdered in a Mafia hit two decades ago.<\/p>\n

\"Gus
Gus Boulis is pictured onboard one of his SunCruz casino boats in 1999, two years before his death at the hands of Mafia hitmen. (Michael Laughlin\/Sun Sentinal<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Miami Herald<\/em> reports that brothers Aristotle and Alexander Hren-Boulis are battling the man their father placed in control of their trust funds before his death, his cousin Spiro Naos.<\/p>\n

In a civil lawsuit, the brothers accuse the trustee of pillaging hundreds of thousands of dollars from the trusts. They told the Herald<\/em> they have been reluctant to seek criminal charges against Naos because they previously considered him to be a father figure.<\/p>\n

SunCruz Cruises to Nowhere<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Konstantinos \u201cGus\u201d Boulis owned the SunCruz Casinos fleet of ships that offered \u201ccruises to nowhere.\u201d Before Florida had casino gaming, Boulis\u2019s vessels transported gamblers three miles out into the Atlantic, where the state gambling ban was not legally binding.<\/p>\n

The Greek immigrant arrived in America in the 1960s and got a job washing dishes in a sandwich outlet. By 25, he was a partner in the company. Moving to Florida, he started the successful Florida Subs restaurant chain before entering the gambling business.<\/p>\n

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Authorities were unhappy with Boulis\u2019s cruises to nowhere. They eventually nailed him on a federal law that requires owners of such fleets to be American citizens. The obscure 1920 statute was designed to protect US shipping interests from foreign competition. While Boulis was granted US citizenship in 1997, he was found to have purchased most of the fleet prior to this.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

In 2000, Boulis was forced to sell up. But unfortunately for him, the buyers were the notorious lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his associate Adam Kidan. Abramoff was later imprisoned on charges related to the SunCruz deal and the Indian lobbying scandal.<\/a><\/p>\n

Abramoff was found to have used a fake wire transfer to dupe lenders into believing he had made a $23 million down payment on SunCruz so he could obtain a $60 million loan.<\/p>\n

Mafia Hit<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Meanwhile, Kidan had hired Gambino mobster Anthony \u201cBig Tony\u201d Moscatiello as a food-and-beverage consultant for SunCruz. But when Boulis heard about the phony wire transfer he tried to scuttle the deal. Prosecutors later argued Moscatiello had him killed because he feared he would lose the lucrative contract.<\/p>\n

Boulis was found shot dead in his car in Fort Lauderdale in February 2001. In 2005, Moscatiello and accomplices Anthony \u201cLittle Tony\u201d Ferrari and James \u201cPudgy\u201d Fiorillo were charged with his murder.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Boulis\u2019s sons, who were 5 and 7 at the time, were cared for by Noulis after their father\u2019s death. They now claim the trust they had in him made it easy for him to siphon away their money. They\u2019re asking the courts for $1 million.<\/p>\n

The Miami-Dade Circuit Court has ruled that Naos failed to perform his duties and committed a breach of trust by withdrawing the money without the brothers\u2019 consent. But the courts have not yet ruled how much Naos is liable for.<\/p>\n

All parties are currently in mediation. If that fails, the case will go to trial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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