MIAMI – A person accused of selling a poisonous industrial bleach as a coronavirus cure by way of his Florida-based church has been returned to the U. S. after being arrested in Colombia.
Mark Grenon, 64, made his preliminary courtroom look Thursday in Miami federal courtroom following his latest extradition, in accordance to courtroom data. Grenon and his three grownup sons have been indicted final 12 months on one depend every of conspiracy to commit fraud and two counts every of prison contempt.
Grenon is the archbishop of the Genesis II Church of Health and Healing, based mostly in Bradenton.
The church manufactured, promoted, and bought chlorine dioxide as a “Miracle Mineral Solution,” officers mentioned. The Grenons claimed the answer can cure an unlimited selection of diseases starting from most cancers to autism to malaria to COVID-19.
A Miami federal decide had ordered the church to cease selling the substance in 2020, however the order was ignored and Grenon was arrested in Colombia a number of months later.
When ingested, the answer bought by the Grenons turns into a bleach that’s sometimes used for such issues as treating textiles, industrial water, pulp and paper, in accordance to the Food and Drug Administration. Authorities mentioned ingesting these merchandise is similar as consuming bleach and might be deadly.