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A Richmond-area physician is facing federal charges in connection with an alleged oxycodone “pill mill” operation.

Clarence Scranage Jr., 61, who is said to have practiced in offices in Richmond and in Chesterfield and Henrico counties, was indicted on a charge of conspiracy to possess controlled substances with the intent to distribute them and 18 counts of distribution of controlled substances.

Records show Scranage was sentenced to 18 months in prison in 2006 for obstruction of justice and for making a false statement in connection with his dealings with a friend, former state Del. Fenton L. Bland Jr., who was convicted of bank-fraud conspiracy in 2005.

The Virginia Board of Medicine suspended Scranage’s medical license in 2006. According to state records, his license was reinstated in 2008.

In 2013, he was reprimanded in a consent order by the Board of Medicine related to his prescription of a drug for weight loss to patients and improper record-keeping.

Scranage was arrested Friday and the Feb. 21 indictment against him was unsealed. Also charged was Anthony Harper, 45, of Dewitt.