in october 2004, the fbi began to dig up bodies at an infamous mob graveyard in queens, known as "the hole". they were looking for the bodies of three capos killed in the bonanno family war in 1981. they found the bodies of philip giaccone and dominick trinchera. on february 4, 2005, the name of an informant was released to the press; joseph massino, who hoped to save his life and his assets, as he began to cooperate sometime in late september 2004, recording conversations with acting boss, vincent basciano, who was also convicted and jailed in july 2007.