Pharmacist Faces Federal Charges Related to Illegal Distribution Scheme

Pharmacist James P. Wooley of West Virginia faces federal charges related to his involvement in a pill mill scheme that was investigated in 2009. Wooley has been charged with conspiracy to illegally obtain controlled substances, according to West Virginia’s Herald-Dispatch. Patients of Justice Medical Complex received fraudulent prescriptions, and were directed to Wooley’s Sav-Rite pharmacies in Kermit, WV and Stone Coal, WV. The Herald-Dispatch also reports that federal prosecutors requested a guilty plea hearing.