Florida family convicted of selling fake COVID-19 cure through online church
Published:Thursday | July 20, 2023 | 2:02 PM
MIAMI (AP) — Four members of a Florida family were convicted Wednesday of selling a toxic industrial bleach as a fake COVID-19 cure through their online church.
A federal jury in Miami found Mark Grenon, 65, and his sons, 37-year-old Jonathan, 35-year-old Joseph and 29-year-old Jordan, guilty of conspiring to defraud the United States and deliver misbranded drugs, according to court records.
That charge carries up to five years in prison.
Their sentencing is scheduled for October 6.
The Grenons represented themselves but declined to speak during the two-day trial, the Miami Herald reported.
After the jury delivered its verdict, Joseph Grenon said they would be appealing.
Prosecutors called the Grenons “con men” and “snake-oil salesmen” and said the Bradenton family's Genesis II Church of Health and Healing sold $1 million worth of their so-called Miracle Mineral Solution.
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