Genovese var indsat i et fængsel i Atlanta, hvor også gangsteren [[Joseph Valachi]] afsonede en dom. Genovese beskyldte Valachi til at have givet information til politiet og skulle have udlovet en dusør på 100.000$ til den, der dræbte Valachi.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://buffalonews.com/2011/10/09/the-rat-who-started-it-all-for-40-years-joe-valachi-has-been-in-a-lewiston-cemetery-a-quiet-end-for-the-mobster-who-blew-the-lid-off-cosa-nostra-when-he-testified-before-congress-in-1963/|title=The rat who started it all; For 40 years, Joe Valachi has been in a Lewiston cemetery, a quiet end for the mobster who blew the lid off 'Cosa Nostra' when he testified before Congress in 1963|publisher=buffalonews.com|date=9. oktober 2011|access-date=2. oktober 2019|archive-date=2. oktober 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002211335/https://buffalonews.com/2011/10/09/the-rat-who-started-it-all-for-40-years-joe-valachi-has-been-in-a-lewiston-cemetery-a-quiet-end-for-the-mobster-who-blew-the-lid-off-cosa-nostra-when-he-testified-before-congress-in-1963/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Kelly>{{cite news|last=Kelly|first=G. Milton|title=Valachi To Tell Of Gang War For Power|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=U0tfAAAAIBAJ&pg=5954,3500619&dq=the+commission+vito+genovese&hl=en|access-date=28. maj 2012|newspaper=Warsaw Times-Union|date=1. oktober 1963|archive-date=24. september 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924181836/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=U0tfAAAAIBAJ&pg=5954,3500619&dq=the+commission+vito+genovese&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|author=Rudolf, Robert|year=1993|title=Mafia Wiseguys: The Mob That Took on the Feds|location=New York|publisher=SPI Books|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=WUlujIu-T2oC&pg=PA41 41]|isbn=978-1-56171-195-6}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|author=Dietche, Scott M.|year=2009|title=The Everything Mafia Book: True-life accounts of legendary figures, infamous crime families, and nefarious deeds|location=Avon, Massachusetts|publisher=Adams Media|pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=iNwIGHFhCQ8C&pg=PT201 188–189]|isbn=978-1-59869-779-7}}</ref> Valachi forvekslede tilsyneladende en medfange som sin potentielle drabsmand, hvorefter Valachi dræbte medfangen. Valachi blev idømt livsvarigt fængsel for drabet, men besluttede sig herefter at samarbejde med politiet, hvilket senere ledte til opklaring af en lang række drab og anden kriminalitet.<ref name="held nation">{{cite news|last=Litchtenstein|first=Grace|title=Held Nation in Thrall|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1971/04/04/93612438.pdf|access-date=14. januar 2012|newspaper=New York Times|date=4. april 1971}}</ref>
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