A Florida family has been found guilty of selling toxic industrial bleach as a fake cure for Covid-19 via their online church.
Four members of the family were convicted on Wednesday by a federal jury in Miami – Mark Grenon, 65, and his sons, Jonathan, 37, Joseph, 35, and Jordan, 29, according to the AP.
They were found guilty of conspiring to defraud the United States and deliver misbranded drugs, court records state. The charge carries a sentence of as much as five years in prison. The sentencing is set to take place on 6 October.
While the Grenons represented themselves during their trial, which lasted two days, they chose not to speak, according to the Miami Herald.
Joseph Grenon said the family would be appealing the guilty verdict.
Prosecutors referred to the Grenon family as “con men” and “snake-oil salesmen,” adding that their Genesis II Church of Health and Healing sold $1m of what they called their Miracle Mineral Solution.
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