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Motive behind Abramoff/SunCruz affair: good old greed

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Abramoff and Kidan put together a sham financial package to buy the 11-boat SunCruz armada from Gus Boulis in 2000. They were $20 million light. Gus was not pleased. He raised a ruckus. So Abramoff, king of the lobbyists, prevailed on a U.S. Rep. Bob Ney, to insert a statement in the Congressional Record attacking Boulis. Why would a Republican congressman from Ohio take an interest in Florida casino boat fleet? It's all about that SunCruz mystique, of course.

Despite being pummeled by Abramoff's congressional supplicant, Boulis wouldn't shut up. Not until Feb. 6, 2001, when he was gunned down in Fort Lauderdale.

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