Brooklyn resident Sanjai Syamaprasad has been ordered to serve a six months sentence behind bars after secretly filming thousands of unsuspecting patients and visitors at a Nassau County Sleep Center.
According to reports, the filming incidents began back in July of 2023 and continued until April of 2024. Sanjai was an employee of the Northwell Health Sleep Disorders Center during the duration of the illegal filming activities.
Court records indicate that Sanjai intentionally concealed cameras inside of smoke detectors and then stuck them inside of bathrooms at the Sleep Disorders Center in Great Neck. He also allegedly put a camera in a public bathroom in the same building that was not a part of the sleep disorder center.
Unfortunately, these cameras would record patients, visitors, and staff members in vulnerable moments, like when they were using the restroom, and many of these videos did expose the private parts of the victims. Sanjai is accused of removing the cameras at the end of his shifts and transferring all the images and videos to an SD card.
Sanjai was reportedly at work and watching one of the videos he took from the bathroom in April of 2024 when another co-worker became suspicious. This unnamed individual could tell the video footage appeared to be from one of the center’s restrooms, so they immediately became disturbed. They reported the incident to management. Soon after, the authorities were alerted and Sanjai was fired.
Nassau County Detectives executed a search warrant on the suspect’s home, where they recovered multiple electronics.
Among the items collected were phones, several laptops, and an SD card reader. Under the pressure of police questioning, Sanjai admitted he also threw a smoke detector camera in a garbage can at a nearby CVS. He also confessed to smashing up a small CD card and tossing it in the same trash.
On July 15, 2025, Sanjai pleaded guilty to five counts of second-degree unlawful surveillance and two counts of tampering with physical evidence.
At first, the judge was only going to sentence the suspect to probation, but impactful witness statements encouraged the judge to sentence Sanjai to jail time.
Unlawful Surveillance in New York
In New York, unlawful surveillance is a felony offense. Typically, a conviction will result in jail time from one to seven years behind bars depending on the specifics of the situation. What’s more, a person convicted of unlawful surveillance will also be required to register as a sex offender. That means their name, address, picture, and charges will need to be listed out on a public sex offender list.
A felony conviction will also result in a loss of specific rights such as the right to possess a firearm, vote, and hold public office.
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