[3] Frances stayed in Greece raising their two sons while Boulis developed his multiple businesses and holding companies in North America.
Two years later, Boulis constructed his first hotel, the "Marriott Key Largo Beach Resort" obtaining the startup funds with a $2.5 million overdraft from a local bank.
Gus Boulis was known by the local Greek community as a generous and caring person, always willing to help out anybody in need with loans or business ventures.
[4] Over 300 people attended his funeral, at the St George Greek Orthodox Church in Hollywood, including Mayor Mara Giulianti.
[14][15] In 1994, Gus Boulis took 300 of his Miami Subs Grill employees aboard a Las Vegas-style gambling ship for a party.
[9] Boulis' largest and most profitable gambling boat, was docked on the Intracoastal Waterway in Hollywood, Florida, where he had the support of mayor Mara Giulianti.
However, Hollywood community beach activists, led by City Commissioner John F. Coleman, strongly opposed the gambling boat operation.
The sheriff of the area, Ken Jenne, worked repeatedly with attorney general Bob Butterworth to end operations of the company as they strongly opposed it.
This was fought in court, to which SunCruz won the case because there was no probable cause for the State Attorney General's Office to seize the equipment and money.
His business drew opposition from other Florida government officials regarding questions on when Boulis attained his American citizenship.
In February 2000, Boulis settled with Federal authorities by agreeing to sell his interest in the SunCruz business within three years and pay a $500,000 fine.
[10] According to the Broward Palm Beach New Times, Gus Boulis had also registered his casino boats under his former girlfriend's name, Margaret Hren, to hide his ownership.
[11][16] On August 11, 2005, Abramoff and Kidan were indicted by a federal grand jury in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on fraud charges relating to the disputed $23 million bank transfer used as down payment for the purchase of SunCruz Casinos.
In May 2006, Kidan told authorities that Moscatiello and Ferrari confided in him that another Gotti associate, John Gurino, killed Boulis.
After numerous trial delays,[20] Fiorillo pleaded guilty to conspiracy in 2012, and Ferrari was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.