James Fiorillo testifies for the first time in the Gus Boulis murder case during a bond revocation hearing for Gambino linked Anthony “Big Tony” Moscatiello on Tuesday. (Sarah Dussault / April 10, 2012)
Based on the testimony of turncoat mobster James “Pudgy Fiorillo, Florida prosecutors are seeking to stop bail for Anthony “Big Tony” Moscatiello, the accused top banana behind the 2001 gangland-style murder of South Florida business tycoon Gus Boulis
Fiorillo made his debut as a prosecution witness, telling how he watched Boulis get into a green BMW outside his Fort Lauderdale office on Feb. 6, 2001 and got on his Nextel communicator to let Anthony “Little Tony” Ferrari know
The triggerman in the tough tycoon’s murder was a hitman New York mobster named John Gurino, who bragged to Liotta about his ties to organized crime figures in New York and his association with the Gotti family and mobsters in Howard Beach, where Moscatiello and Gurino lived. .He was shot dead two years later by a deli owner west of Boca Raton. Gurino didn’t live long enough to be charged with Boulis’ slaying, Key dates in the Gus Boulis murder case