Vincent J. "Vinny Gorgeous" Basciano a.k.a. "Vinny from the Bronx" (born November 14, 1959 Brooklyn, New York) is a figure in the New York underworld. He's a long time member of the Bonanno crime family and according to the FBI, Basciano is presently the official boss of the Bonannos. His nickname "Vinny Gorgeous" originates from a Bronx hair salon that he owned named "Hello Gorgeous". In 1994 Basciano was acquitted of supplying heroin to a smuggling ring that reaped $10 million a year from 1985 to 1991. He became acting boss in 2004 and was rumored to do family dirty work even though he is in a leadership position

On November 19, 2004 Basciano was arrested on charges of racketeering and illegal gambling. He was arraigned the same day by United States Magistrate Judge Lois Bloom in Brooklyn, New York. The case was later assigned to United States District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis. After Basciano was arrested in 2004, he promoted Dominick Cicale to capo and put him on the crime family's ruling panel. However, when Cicale was arrested and charged with two murders, he turned on his boss. Cicale claimed that in February 2001 he and Basciano shot and killed Frank Santoro in the Bronx. He also claimed that Basciano ordered the 2004 rubout of Randolph Pizzolo. In 2004, while still in jail awaiting trial, Basciano was indicted on charges that he planned to order the murder of Patrick DeFilippo, a fellow captain in the Bonanno crime family[4], as well as the prosecutor in his case, Greg Andres. This indictment relied on jail yard conversations between Basciano and then-current boss Joseph Massino, whom had agreed earlier to become an informant and was wearing a wire during the conversation. A judge later threw out the charge, saying the evidence was inconclusive. On February 16, 2006, Basciano's racketeering and murder trial began in Brooklyn Federal Court. During a discussion about a man he's charged with shooting in 1985, Basciano blurted out to reporters that the victim is a convicted child molester. Prosecution witnesses included Cicale, who was like a son, and lawyer Thomas Lee, who had been charged with being a 'house counsel' for Basciano and Massino earlier. In May 2006, Basciano was convicted of racketeering; it was a hung jury on the murder charges. On April 1st, 2008, Vincent Basciano was sentenced to life in prison for the slaying of Frank Santoro, which he was found guilty for in the 2007 re-trial of the 2006 trial. He is still awaiting trial for ordering the murder of Randolph Pizzolo. If convicted, Basciano faces the death penalty.