"Sanjai Syamaprasad pleaded guilty in July after he was accused of illegally taping children and adults while working as a sleep technician at the Northwell Health Sleep Disorders Center in Great Neck. The 47-year-old defendant allegedly affixed hidden cameras disguised as smoke detectors inside staff and multiple patient bathrooms between July 2023 and April 2024. Syamaprasad was later caught watching those videos on a work computer and was fired from his job."
"Prosecutors said those cameras recorded "hundreds of individuals" using those facilities, however authorities were only able charge him with five counts of unlawful surveillance - one of which involved a child - and two counts of tampering with evidence. Despite Nassau County prosecutors recommending Syamaprasad be sentenced to one to three years in prison for each of the charges he faced, he was only expected to receive five years probation,"
The 47-year-old sleep technician pleaded guilty in July after secretly taping children and adults while working at the Northwell Health Sleep Disorders Center in Great Neck. He allegedly installed hidden cameras disguised as smoke detectors inside staff and patient bathrooms between July 2023 and April 2024, and was later caught watching the recordings on a work computer and fired. Prosecutors said the cameras recorded hundreds of individuals; authorities charged him with five counts of unlawful surveillance, one involving a child, and two counts of tampering with evidence. Prosecutors sought one to three years per charge, but sentencing was expected to be five years probation while a judge now considers adding jail time and sex-offender registration. Roughly 250 people filed a civil lawsuit against Northwell Health.
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