The Florida leader of the “Genesis II Church of Health and Healing” and his three sons have been sentenced to years in prison for selling bleach as a “miracle cure” for COVID.

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The Bradenton, Florida, Grenon family started marketing the Miracle Mineral Solution (MMS) in 2010. It’s a chemical solution that contains sodium chlorite. When mixed with water and a citric acid activator, it turns into chlorine dioxide, which is a powerful bleach. They claimed that it could cure COVID and a variety of other ailments, according to the Daily Mail.

The father and leader of the church, Mark Grenon, who is 64, and his three sons Jonathan, 36, Joseph, 34, and Jordan, 28, set up their church online and convinced thousands of people to buy and take the cure. They continued selling the product throughout the pandemic. Tens of thousands of bottles were reportedly sold.

The FDA warned of severe side effects from taking the cure which included vomiting, diarrhea, and life-threatening low blood pressure. The family claimed that MMS was a cure for 95 percent of the world’s known diseases. That included cancer, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, autism, multiple sclerosis, and HIV/AIDS.

The mixture was produced in the family’s backyard and officials claim they were making an average of $32,000 per month before COVID hit. Once the pandemic came into play, they ostensibly started making in excess of $132,000 a month according to the Daily Mail.

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During trial in July 2023, the jury saw photos and video of a dirty rundown shed in Jonathan Grenon’s backyard in Bradenton, Florida, where the defendants were manufacturing their MMS. These photos showed dozens of blue chemical drums containing nearly 10,000 pounds of… pic.twitter.com/oRtujDlKXF

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“During the trial in July, the jury saw photos and video of a dirty rundown shed in Jonathan Grenon’s backyard in Bradenton, Florida, where the defendants were manufacturing MMS. The photos showed dozens of blue chemical drums containing nearly 10,000 pounds of sodium chlorite powder, thousands of bottles of MMS, and other items used in the manufacture and distribution of MMS. The blue chemical drums of sodium chlorite powder—the primary active ingredient in MMS—were affixed with warning labels advising the product was toxic and highly dangerous to consume,” CBS reported.

In 2020, the federal government nailed the family after they defied FDA orders to stop selling the toxic substance. That eventually led to criminal charges being filed and a raid being conducted on their home. Investigators claim they found loaded guns, almost 10,000 pounds of sodium chlorite powder, and thousands of bottles of MMS.

The father was arrested in Colombia and then extradited. His sons were taken into custody in Florida.

The family represented themselves in a trial in July, saying nothing during the proceedings until the jury delivered the verdict. Joseph Grenon then told the court, “We will be appealing.”

During the trial, prosecutors noted that the Grenons called themselves “bishops” and sold MMS as “sacraments” to consumers in exchange for a “donation” to their church.

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Miami, Florida – Mark Grenon, 64, made his initial appearance today in federal court in Miami, Florida, after being extradited from Colombia. Grenon is charged—along with his three sons, Jonathan Grenon, 36, Jordan Grenon, 28, and Joseph Grenon, 34—with fraudulently… pic.twitter.com/RCqqtEyjrg

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Three months after the family’s conviction, they were sentenced in a Miami federal court. The family hauled in over $1 million through the fake church according to prosecutors who called them “con men” and “snake-oil salesmen.” The Grenon clan were all found guilty of conspiring to defraud the federal government and the FDA by distributing an unapproved and misbranded drug.

Two of the sons, Jonathan and Jordon, each were handed 12-year prison sentences after being found guilty on two counts of violating federal court orders requiring them to stop selling the unapproved drug. Their father and brother both received five-year sentences.

Authorities believe that the so-called “cure” could have resulted in multiple deaths over the years. The FDA received numerous reports of people who had to be hospitalized, developed life-threatening conditions, and even died after drinking MMS.

This was the first criminal case involving a pandemic-related enforcement action in Florida to take place.

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U.S. Attorney Markenzy Lapointe for the Southern District of Florida and Assistant Commissioner Justin D. Green of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Office of Criminal Investigations (FDA-OCI), Miami Field Office, announced the sentence.

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During the processing of the case, as it made its way through the justice system, the Grenons allegedly threatened the federal judge who was presiding over it, according to the Daily Mail.

They allegedly asserted that if the government attempted to enforce the court orders halting their distribution of MMS, the Grenons would “pick up guns” and instigate “a Waco.”

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