Mark Grenon, along with his three sons Jonathan, 36, Jordan, 28 and Joseph, 34 – have also been charged with defying federal court orders.
The
sixty-four years US man was accused of selling a toxic industrial bleach as a
cure for Covid-19 through his Florida-based church has been extradited after
being arrested in Colombia.
According
to report, Mark Grenon, 64, made his first appearance in a federal court in
Miami, Florida, on Thursday.
Mark has
been charged with fraudulently marketing and selling “Miracle Mineral Solution”
(MMS), a toxic industrial bleach, as a cure for Covid, cancer, Alzheimer’s,
diabetes, autism, malaria, hepatitis, Parkinson’s, herpes, HIV/AIDS and other
serious medical conditions, according to court documents.
The
Grenons falsely claim ingesting MMS can treat, prevent and cure Covid.
MMS has
not been approved for Covid treatment and the Food and Drug Administration
(FDA).
The FDA
states that MMS is a bleach typically used for treating textiles, industrial
water, pulp and paper.
The agency
has also issued warnings that drinking MMS was the same as drinking bleach and
could result in dangerous side effects that may also be life threatening in
some cases.
The
indictment states that the Grenons sold MMS under the guise of Genesis II
Church of Health and Healing (“Genesis”), an entity they are accused of
creating to avoid government regulation of MMS and shield themselves from
prosecution.
Charging
documents said Genesis’s own websites described it as a “non-religious church”
and Mr Grenon, its co-founder, has repeatedly acknowledged Genesis “has nothing
to do with religion” and that he founded it to “legalise the use of MMS” and
avoid “going to jail.”
A Miami
federal judge had ordered the church to stop selling the substance in 2020, but
the order was ignored.
Grenon was
arrested in Colombia several months later.
He will
face trial at a court in Miami in September.
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