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Man Avoids Prison After Secretly Filming Patients In Bathrooms

Man Avoids Prison After Secretly Filming Patients In Bathrooms

Man Avoids Prison After Secretly Filming Patients In Bathrooms

Photo: Nassau County PD

India-West Staff Reporter

MINEOLA, NY – A Brooklyn man has escaped a prison sentence after pleading guilty to secretly filming patients in bathroom facilities at a Long Island sleep center.

Sanjai Syamaprasad, 47, a former sleep technician at the Northwell Health Sleep Disorders Center in Great Neck, admitted to planting hidden cameras—disguised as smoke detectors—in both staff and patient bathrooms between July 2023 and April 2024. He also placed a device in a public bathroom at STARS Rehabilitation, located in the same building.

Syamaprasad pleaded guilty in Nassau County Court to five counts of Unlawful Surveillance in the Second Degree and two counts of Tampering with Physical Evidence, all class E felonies. He is scheduled to return to court on September 15, when he is expected to receive five years’ probation.

Prosecutors say the cameras captured footage of hundreds of individuals, including at least one child. Investigators were able to identify five victims.

District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly sharply criticized the plea deal, calling the outcome inadequate given the scale and severity of the crimes.

“This case deserved jail time,” Donnelly said. “It’s not a one-off. It was night after night after night, victim after victim. This was a massive violation of people’s privacy and rights.”

Donnelly had pushed for consecutive prison sentences of one to three years for each of the seven felony counts.

According to the investigation, Syamaprasad would remove the hidden camera after his shifts and download the recordings. After Northwell Health referred the matter to the district attorney’s office in April 2024, a search warrant was executed at Syamaprasad’s Brooklyn home.

During the search, authorities discovered he had tried to destroy evidence—tossing the camera and a broken SD card into a trash can at a CVS pharmacy. Detectives later recovered the device from a dumpster behind the store. Syamaprasad was arrested the same day.

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  • Probation? he deserves Imprisonment and deportation

    July 17, 2025

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