The head of a family accused of marketing a toxic solution with potentially lethal effects that they advertised as a cure for covid-19 appeared before a court in the US. after being extradited from Colombia.
Mark Grenon, aged 64, appeared before a Miami court after arriving yesterday extradited from Colombia, where he had fled from US Justice.
Grenon and his three children are accused of conspiracy to commit fraud and criminal contempt, since previously in a civil proceeding a court ordered them to stop selling the product, but, according to prosecutors, they continued to do so.
The four , according to the indictment, manufactured, promoted and sold a “Miracle Mineral Solution” (MMS), which contained sodium chlorite and water, but when ingested it was transformed into chlorine dioxide, a powerful bleach used for water treatment and whitening of textiles and p pulp name
According to advertising, it was not only used against covid-19, but also against cancer, Alzheimer’s, diabetes and malaria , among other illnesses.
“The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has received reports of people who required hospitalizations, developed life-threatening conditions, and died after drinking MMS,” according to a press release of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida.
Not only did the FDA not approve that solution to treat covid-19 or any other disease, but “has strongly urged consumers not to buy or use MMS,” he adds.
“Drinking MMS is the same as drinking bleach and can cause dangerous side effects, including severe vomiting, diarrhea, and life-threatening low blood pressure,” the press release said.
According to the Department of Justice, the Grenons sold dozens of e thousands of bottles of the solution across the country and earned over a million dollars.
The Grenons are also accused of selling the product “under the guise of the Genesis II Church of Health and Healing (‘Genesis’), a non-religious church they allegedly created to “ avoid government regulation of MMS and protect yourself from prosecution”.
Mark Grenon, co-founder of Genesis, has repeatedly said that it “has nothing to do with religion” and that he founded that church to legalize the use of MMS and avoid going to jail, the Justice Department said.
The criminal complaint alleges that the Grenons sent letters to the judge in their civil case, saying they would not comply with court orders to stop selling the product and threatened with violence saying they would “pick up guns” and “instigate a Waco” (a massacre in Texas).
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