Sentenced: Florida Man, Sons Sold Toxic Bleach As Coronavirus Cure, Authorities Say

[Sugar Cookie]

A Florida man and his three sons are accused of selling a toxic bleachlike chemical mixture as a miracle cure for the novel coronavirus and other diseases, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.

Mark Grenon, 62, and sons, Jonathan, 34; Jordan, 26; and Joseph, 32, allegedly marketed and sold Miracle Mineral Solution (“MMS”) through an entirety called the Genesis II Church of Health and Healing, according to the criminal complaint. A federal judge in Miami had ordered the church to stop selling the substance in April, but the order was ignored, authorities said.

The Grenons allegedly directed their customers to ingest the MMS orally, which causes it to become chlorine dioxide, a powerful bleaching agent normally used for "industrial water treatment or bleaching textiles, pulp and paper," according to the complaint.

The Food and Drug Administration said that drinking MMS is the same as drinking bleach and can cause severe vomiting, diarrhea, and life-threatening low blood pressure. Some people who drank MSS were hospitalized, developed life-threatening conditions, and died, federal officials said.

Before it was marketed as a cure for COVID-19, the Grenons presented it as a remedy for autism, cancer, and HIV/AIDS, the complaint said.

"The Genesis II Church of Health and Healing has actively and deliberately placed consumers at risk with their fraudulent Miracle Mineral Solution and Americans expect and deserve medical treatments that have been scientifically proven to be safe and effective."

The complaint said the Grenons initially agreed to abide by U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams' order that they stop selling the solution, before changing their tone in podcasts and emails to the judge herself.

“We will NOT be participating in any of your UNCONSTITUTIONAL Orders, Summons, etc," one email from Mark Grenon read. “Again and again I have written you all that ... you have NO authority over our Church."

The Grenons are charged with conspiracy to defraud the U.S., conspiracy to violate the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, and criminal contempt, according to the complaint.

Florida man, sons sold toxic bleach as coronavirus cure, authorities say

A Florida man and his three sons are accused of selling a toxic bleachlike chemical mixture as a miracle cure for the novel coronavirus and other diseases, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.

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[Sejanus]

His heroes are Jim Baker and Alex Jones.
They were flogging snake oil cures to the ignorant and easily duped also.

Anything for a stinking greenback.

 

[Sevens My Charm]

His heroes are Jim Baker and Alex Jones.
They were flogging snake oil cures to the ignorant and easily duped also.

Anything for a stinking greenback.

Don't forget Jim Jones...

 

[Satanica]

People are still falling for this? Wasn't it debunked well over 10 years ago?

 

[Blizzard]

These threats to public health should be arrested and locked away, like the criminals they are.

If they were ordered in April to stop, and charges just went out today, this is happening more than 2 months late.

 

[Metalfan]

Screw them all if people are stupid enough to drink that shit let them drink it, I call it culling the herd.Thats how these people thrive,off of the ignorance of stupid,brain dead retards.

 

[Inferus]

They could prove their faith and drink it themselves.

 

[Prettypink513]

They could prove their faith and drink it themselves.

You beat me to it

 

[Old Man Metal]

marketed and sold Miracle Mineral Solution (“MMS”) through an entirety called the Genesis II Church of Health and Healing,

"Anyone... DUMB ENOUGH... to want to..." -Bill Hicks

 

[LFODBiker]

Finally a Fed Grand Jury just indicted them!

Fuckers made over a mil selling that shite...

Bradenton family may spend life in prison after ‘church’ sold bleach as COVID-19 cure
By Ryan Callihan, April 23, 2021 05:40 PM, Updated April 24, 2021 11:58 AM

A federal grand jury brought charges against members of a Bradenton family nearly a year after they were arrested for selling bleach that they claimed to be a cure for the COVID-19 virus.

Mark Grenon and his three sons — Jonathan, Jordan and Joseph — face several charges for peddling their “Miracle Mineral Solution” to customers even after the Food and Drug Administration refuted those claims and a court ordered the family to halt sales of the chemicals.

Two of the Grenons, 34-year-old Jonathan and 26-year-old Jordan, were arrested last July when federal agents raided their home on Garden Lane in Bradenton. At that time, federal investigators say they found loaded guns, nearly 10,000 pounds of sodium chlorite powder and thousands of bottles of MMS.

The family members were indicted by a federal grand jury in Miami. Mark, 62, and Joseph, 32, remain in Colombia, where they were detained in August, according to prosecutors.

Court records show that the Grenons made over $1 million selling MMS. On top of marketing it as a cure for COVID-19, the Grenons allegedly pitched the deadly concoction as a cure-all that could remedy a host of medical conditions, such as cancer, Alzheimer’s disease and HIV.

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article250897874.html

 

[Sugar Cookie]

A federal jury in Miami on Wednesday found a Florida family guilty of defrauding the United States by distributing a toxic bleaching agent as a Covid-19 cure, according to court records.

Mark Grenon and his sons, Jonathan, Jordan and Joseph Grenon, were convicted of promoting and selling “Miracle Mineral Solution,” which “when mixed, develops into a dangerous bleach which has caused serious and potentially life-threatening side effects,” according to the FDA, whichissued a warning about the product in 2019.

Court records showed the men chose to represent themselves at trial and “declined to respond” when asked if they wished to have counsel appointed. Their sentencing is scheduled for October 6, 2023, according to the court docket.

Florida family found guilty of selling bleach product as Covid-19 ‘cure-all’

A federal jury in Miami on Wednesday found a Florida family guilty of defrauding the United States by distributing a toxic bleaching agent as a Covid-19 cure, according to court records.

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[Symmachus]

What's worse? The fact that this family are snake oil salesmen who did not care enough about whether or not their bleach thing killed people...

...or the fact that the patriarch gave all his sons J-names, like the Duggars and anyone else who would exploit their kids to give their names rhythmic qualities that are half-amusing at best and linguistic terrorism at worst?

 

[Ghost83]

Finally a Fed Grand Jury just indicted them!

Fuckers made over a mil selling that shite...

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article250897874.html

A cure all alright, if you're dead you can't have any diseases. Technically they weren't wrong. Can't believe ppl still fall for this shit.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

A Florida father and his three sons will spend years in prison after they were convicted on fraud charges for selling bleach as a COVID-19 cure.

Mark Grenon, 66, and son Joseph Grenon, 36, who fled to Colombia after the federal government first announced charges against them, were each sentenced to five years behind bars — the maximum sentence agreed upon between the US and the South American country during the pair’s extradition.

Mark Grenon’s other two sons, Jonathan Grenon, 37, and Jordan Grenon, 29, were each sentenced to 12.5 years in prison for conspiracy and contempt for trying to “defraud the United States by distributing an unapproved and misbranded drug,” the DOJ wrote in a news release.

They were all ordered to pay nearly $2,000 in restitution each.

“The defendants preyed on many vulnerable populations,” Assistant US Attorney Michael Homer said at the sentencing hearing.

The patriarch argued with a judge that he was actually a victim because he’d spent 1,152 days in jail.

Florida family sentenced for selling bleach as COVID-19 cure out of fake church

A father and three sons face five to 12 years in prison for selling “Mineral Miracle Solution” out of a fake church, assuring users it would cure 95% of diseases.

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