Mark Grenon, a Florida resident, has been returned to the United States after being extradited from Colombia. Through the Genesis II Church of Health and Healing, Grenon is accused of peddling industrial bleach as a coronavirus treatment.
The church was producing the aforementioned chemical out of its Bradenton, Florida, facility. According to investigators, the dangerous medicine was marketed as a “Miracle Mineral Solution,” promising to treat even fatal conditions like cancer.
A federal judge had instructed the church to stop selling the item back in 2020. The directive, however, was disregarded, and Genesis II kept selling the dangerous chemical.
Authorities eventually succeeded in apprehending 64-year-old Mark Grenon and charging his three sons in this case. Jonathan Grenon, 36, Jordan Grenon, 28, and Joseph Grenon, 34, have been detained in a federal jail for the previous couple of years. They have entered a not guilty plea to the charges of criminal contempt and conspiracy to deceive the US government.
The self-styled archbishop of the Genesis II Church was Mark Grenon
Mark Grenon appeared in court for the first time on July 28 in Miami’s federal court after being extradited. He went missing for a while until being recently found in South America.
According to the prosecution, consuming the substance “likely resulted in the death of seven American people.” They declared that Mark Grenon had sold “tens of thousands of bottles of MMS nationwide, including to customers all across South Florida.”
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Man extradited to the US on suspicion of selling bleach as a Covid remedy through a Florida church – in-site.xyz/insight/man-ac… – Mark Grenon, the head of a “non-religious church,” is accused of peddling dangerous industrial bleach as a Covid treatment.
The drug, according to the Food and Drug Administration, becomes bleach when swallowed. It is created by combining sodium chlorite and water, and when consumed, it releases chlorine dioxide. Typically, this solution is used to treat pulp, paper, textiles, and industrial water.
FDA Commissioner Stephen M. Hahn issued the following statement regarding this:
The Genesis II Church of Healing has persisted in purposefully endangering consumers by marketing possibly harmful and illegal chlorine dioxide goods despite a prior warning.
Mark Grenon was listed as a co-founder of Genesis and described as a “non-religious church” in a criminal complaint against the defendant that was submitted in 2020. It was emphasised that the church was established to “legalise the use of MMS” and that it “had nothing to do with religion.”
Genesis II, on the other hand, asserts that it was founded with the intention of “helping people” and “restoring health to the planet.”
Do you recall “Miracle Mineral Solution,” a commercial bleach that some QAnon advocates falsely claimed to be a miraculous treatment? According to the DOJ, its primary distributor Mark Grenon was extradited from Colombia to answer to federal crimes.
In a statement, the prosecution stated that a search warrant had been granted for Mark Grenon’s residence at the time of his detention.
The Department of Justice released the following conclusions in a press release:
“In a shed in Jonathan Grenon’s backyard in Bradenton, Florida, police found the Grenons producing MMS. Officers seized hundreds of MMS bottles, over 10,000 pounds of sodium chlorite powder in blue chemical drums, as well as other materials involved in the production and distribution of MMS.”
The press statement went on to say:
The government also discovered a number of loaded weapons, including a pump-action shotgun that was hidden inside a violin case that was built specifically for the purpose.
In Miami, Florida, the trial is set to start on September 12, 2022. Cecilia M. Altonaga, who is the chief U.S. district judge, will preside over the proceeding.