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Retrial for “Big Tony” in 2001 Florida Businessman Killing

Jury selection is beginning for the retrial of a reputed mobster charged in the 2001 slaying of a prominent South Florida businessman who ran a gambling fleet and founded Miami Subs restaurants.

Anthony ``Big Tony'' Moscatiello is being tried again in the shooting death of Konstantinos ``Gus'' Boulis, former chief of SunCruz Casinos. Jury selection begins Monday.

Moscatiello got a mistrial in 2013 when his attorney became ill. Anthony ``Little Tony'' Ferrari was convicted and sentenced to life in prison.

Prosecutors say the 77-year-old Moscatiello is a member of New York's Gambino crime family who wanted Boulis killed in a power struggle over SunCruz. Moscatiello denies mob ties and pleaded not guilty. He faces the death penalty if convicted.

Boulis was fatally shot by a purported mob hit man.

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