Former doctor headed to prison for sex crimes, secretly recording kids undressing and hospitalized patients

A former inner drugs physician accused of secretly recording the undressing of kids at a swim college, in addition to hospitalized sufferers and others, will spend the subsequent a long time in jail as sentenced Tuesday in Oakland County Circuit Courtroom.

Oumair Aejaz, 41, pleaded no contest in October to almost three dozen sex-related and computer-related crimes in two circumstances in Oakland County. Two counts of first-degree legal sexual conduct earned him the utmost penalty of 35 to 60 years in jail, as sentenced by Choose Martha Anderson. A jail sentence of 481 days was acknowledged.

Aejaz acquired a number of extra sentences of much less years for the opposite crimes, together with second-degree legal sexual conduct, little one sexual abuse, utilizing a pc to commit a criminal offense and capturing/distributing {a photograph} of an unclothed individual.

Officers mentioned the case towards Aejaz unfolded in August 2024 when his spouse advised authorities she found he had secretly taken her, their two minor kids and feminine family into their dwelling. She additionally discovered recordings of people undressing on the Goldfish Swim College in Rochester Hills.

Throughout a search warrant executed at Aejaz’s dwelling, detectives from the Oakland County Sheriff’s Workplace seized six computer systems, 4 cellphones and 15 exterior storage gadgets, together with one gadget containing greater than 13,000 movies Aejaz recorded over about six years, officers mentioned.

As beforehand reported, Sheriff Mike Bouchard mentioned it was “one of the disturbing sexual predator circumstances” he had seen in his profession.

Aejaz may face extra costs over alleged incidents at medical services in different provinces, pending the outcomes of an ongoing investigation. On the time of his arrest, he had privileges at Henry Ford Macomb in Clinton Township and Ascension Genesys Hospital in Genesee County, in line with the sheriff’s workplace. In late October, Macomb Circuit Choose James Maceroni awarded a $125 million settlement that might contain as much as 8,200 sufferers who could have been illegally touched or filmed at Henry Ford Macomb Hospital by Aejaz.

Aejaz is an Indian citizen who has been working in the USA on a visa. Officers mentioned he got here to the USA in 2011 or so, accomplished his residency at Detroit Sinai Grace Hospital after which moved to Dawson, Alabama. He returned to Oakland County to proceed his apply in inner drugs in 2018.

Aejaz was booked into the Oakland County Jail on August 8, 2024, and has been held there since, with bail set at $2 million.