A Tyrone couple has been arrested

without a license.

Michael Wayne Olvey Jr., 36,

and Mary Marie Olvey, 33, were behind onlinepills.com, according to Rick

Allen, deputy director of the Georgia Drugs and Narcotics Agency. The

site charged a $75 consultation fee for patients to be evaluated for prescriptions.

"The Olveys collected

a large percentage of that $75," Allen said.

Most of the prescriptions were

handled for Viagra, Allen said. The drug is prescribed by doctors to help

men with erection problems. He estimated that the site processed between

300 and 500 prescriptions a day.

The Olveys have been released

from the Fayette County Jail after posting cash bonds of over $330,000.

Although no drugs were found

at the Olveys' home in Tyrone, the prescriptions were filled at two particular

pharmacies: one in Florida and another in Arizona, Allen said.

The Olveys were charged with

operating an unlicensed pharmacy since they maintained and transmitted

confidential patient information, Allen said. Neither of the Olveys "were

a pharmacist or a doctor or anything close to it."

The prescriptions were written

through a doctor in California, Allen noted.

The web site was still online

Monday afternoon. The federal Food and Drug Administration's criminal

investigations division also took part in the investigation, Allen said.

The investigation, which began

more than three months ago, will continue, Allen said. More arrests are

expected, he added.

Customers using the site were

unaware the pharmacy was unlicensed, although some customers reported

they didn't receive pills they were supposed to, Allen said.

That was initially how the

investigation began, he added.

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