PANIC: Survivor recalls what happened when casino boat shuttle caught fire The sale later led to the imprisonment of Jack Abramoff, a former influential lobbyist and one of the buyers of SunCruz, who pleaded guilty to fraud. He sold the company for $147.5 million in 2000 in a deal that quickly grew contentious.īoulis, 51, was shot and killed by a hitman in 2001.
ONE DEAD: Mother of two, 42, identified as casualty after Port Richey boat fireĪ spokeswoman for Tropical Breeze could not be reached Tuesday morning.Įarly on, the Kolokithases worked under the umbrella of SunCruz, run in the late 1990s by South Florida millionaire and Miami Subs founder Gus Boulis. PREVIOUS: Casino shuttle boat destroyed by fire as 50 passengers abandon ship in frigid Gulf
