Florida family on trial for conspiracy: ‘Con men’ sold bleach cure for COVID, feds say

A church founder and his three sons are on trial at a Miami federal court this week, facing accusations that they knowingly evaded FDA regulations when they sold a bleach mixture as a medical cure.

Mark Grenon, the 65-year-old founder of the Genesis II Church of Health and Healing, and his sons, Jonathan David, 37, Jordan Paul, 29, and Joseph Timothy, 35, have opted to represent themselves in the trial that started Monday. Yet, they declined to provide opening arguments as reported by the Bradenton Herald.

Prosecutors, on the other hand, used names like “con men” and “snake-oil salesmen,” to describe the Grenons, who face charges related to selling more than $1 million of the toxic “Miracle Mineral Solution,” commonly referred to as MMS. The family claimed MMS could cure almost any ailment including coronavirus, Alzheimer’s and malaria, according to the criminal complaint.