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Indian-origin hospital worker pleads guilty to filming patients in restrooms
Sanjai Syamaprasad, 48, admitted to five counts of unlawful surveillance and two counts of tampering with evidence.
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Malvika Choudhary - Mon, 28, Jul 2025
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Nassau County District Attorney /
An Indian-origin hospital worker in Nassau County pleaded guilty to unlawfully filming patients inside restrooms.
Sanjai Syamaprasad, 48, who worked as a sleep technician at the Northwell Health Sleep Disorders Center in Great Neck, admitted to five counts of unlawful surveillance and two counts of tampering with evidence.
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According to prosecutors, Syamaprasad secretly recorded hundreds of individuals, including a child, between July 2023 and April 2024. He installed the device—designed to look like a smoke detector—using Velcro discs inside restrooms at the sleep center and at the adjacent STARS Rehabilitation facility.
He removed the camera at the end of each shift, downloaded the footage to an SD card, and watched the videos on his work computer. The case came to light after a coworker caught Syamaprasad viewing restroom footage during a shift. He was immediately terminated by Northwell, and the matter was referred to the district attorney’s office.
“Patients who enter medical facilities expect and deserve their privacy to be protected, especially inside of sensitive locations like bathrooms,” said Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly. “This defendant, a medical professional himself, violated the trust that patients hold in these institutions and the people who care for them with his sickening behavior.”
Authorities recovered more than 300 videos, though only five victims—including a child—could be positively identified. Prosecutors say cameras were placed in nine restrooms, capturing sensitive footage. A search of Syamaprasad’s Brooklyn residence on April 25, 2024, led to the recovery of laptops, phones, and an SD card reader. He had attempted to destroy the camera and memory card, which were later recovered from a CVS dumpster by investigators.
“He later tried to destroy the evidence of his crimes. Sanjai Syamaprasad wanted to hide in the shadows while he exposed patients at their most vulnerable, but now it is his disgusting conduct and guilt that are laid bare for everyone to see,” Donnelly said.
Northwell Health notified approximately 13,000 individuals and reported the breach to federal regulators as a violation of HIPAA, the federal patient privacy law.
Syamaprasad is expected to be sentenced to five years’ probation on Sept. 15. Prosecutors had pushed for a sentence of one to three years in prison per count but were overruled. He will also be required to register as a sex offender.
Multiple class-action lawsuits have been filed against both Syamaprasad and Northwell Health.
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