MIAMI -- Police have made three arrests in the gangland-style murder of a well-known South Florida entrepreneur.

Behind bars today is a man police describe as a Miami Beach "mob wannabe" named Anthony Ferrari, who investigators believed set up the murder of Gus Boulis.

Detectives in New York have also arrested a reputed Gambino family crime associate named Anthony Moscatiello in connection with the shooting.

Moscatiello received thousands of dollars in Sun Cruz checks, money that investigators said they believe was the payoff for the murder of Boulis.

Tuesday morning in Palm Coast, Fla., police also arrested James Fiorillo, an associate of Ferrari, in connection with the killing.

One of the only leads police had was a sketch of the suspected gunman, who a witness said was driving a black Ford Mustang when he pulled up alongside Boulis and shot him. So investigators were intrigued with Ferrari's associate Fiorillo -- not because Fiorillo looked at all like the sketch, but because of the car Fiorillo was driving at the time of the murder.

That Mustang vanished right after the murder, according to detectives.

Police say Moscatiello and Ferrari are charged with first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder and solicitation to commit murder. Fiorillo is charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder.

A Broward County judge has ordered Ferrarri held without bond. He made his initial appearance today. Ferrari is being held at the Broward County jail.

A judge in Flagler County also ordered Fiorillo held without bond on a first-degree murder charge. The Flagler County Sheriff's Office says arrangements are pending for Fiorillo to be transferred to Broward County.

Gus Boulis was gunned down in the streets of Fort Lauderdale on Feb. 6, 2001, and detectives said that the killing was a well-planned hit.

Boulis, 51, was the founder of Miami Subs and the controversial SunCruz line of casino boats. Boulis was driving his BMW near the 2000 block of Miami Road when a vehicle cut him off. Seconds later a Ford Mustang pulled up next to Boulis’ car, and one of two men inside fired several shots into Boulis’ car before both cars sped away, according to investigators.

Investigators said that, ironically, after he was shot, Boulis’ car rolled a few hundred feet before crashing into a tree in front of a Miami Subs restaurant. Emergency workers tried to resuscitate Boulis at the scene. He was pronounced dead after being rushed to Broward General Medical Center.

Boulis emigrated from Greece and built an empire of gambling boats, hotels, and restaurants, including the national chain of Miami Subs. SunCruz, which was founded in 1994 with just one ship, grew to become the largest operator of casino gaming ships in Florida.

In 1998, the cruise-to-nowhere line was investigated by the state under suspicion of allowing gambling within the three-mile no-gambling zone off the coast. State agents seized slot machines and approximately $1 million in cash from three SunCruz ships. A judge ruled there was not enough evidence to support the state’s case, and the machines and money were returned to Boulis.

Investigators said trouble for Boulis began with the sale and purchase of Sun Cruz Casinos.

Boulis sold Sun Cruz to Adam Kidan, but it was a contentious sale that left the two men at odds with each other.

Investigators zeroed in on a mysterious series of checks totaling $105,000 from Kidan payable to a Miami Beach company called "Moon Over Miami."

The man behind Moon Over Miami is Anthony Ferrari.

The sale of Sun Cruz led to charges last month against prominent Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff. He is a key figure in investigations involving House Majority Leader Tom DeLay.

The indictment was returned Aug. 11 by a grand jury in Fort Lauderdale. It charges that Abramoff and New York businessman Adam Kidan used a fake wire transfer to defraud two lenders out of some $60 million dollars to finance the deal to buy Sun-Cruz from Boulis.

Both have pleaded innocent in the fraud case.