A Royal Oak resident and neurologist, 47-year-old Gireesh Velugubanti, is being held in the Oakland County Jail on a $500,000 ...

He’s accused of paying for sex with trafficked women, including “ransoming” medical care to exploit at least one woman, ...

Royal Oak pediatric neurologist had sex with human trafficking victims in exchange for free health care, prosecutors say.

A Royal Oak doctor is accused of having sex with woman trapped in a sex trafficking ring and threatening a trafficked woman’s health care when he was unhappy with her, according to prosecutors.

Text messages allegedly reveal the doctor was unhappy with one of the trafficked sex workers and apparently asked that she be ...

Velugubanti is charged with human trafficking enterprise resulting in injury/commercial sexual activity, a felony punishable ...

The Southfield neurologist allegedly traded commercial sex for free medical care is also accused of arranging drugs for himself and others. He was identified after investigators busted a sex ...

"The first rule of the medical profession is to ‘do no harm.’ There are few things a doctor can do more harmful than to allegedly expect sex as a condition for care," Prosecutor Karen McDonald said.

A Royal Oak neurologist, Gireesh Velugubanti, is charged with human trafficking and drug possession, linked to the Sonesta Suites trafficking ring. He allegedly exploited victims and engaged in ...

A Royal Oak, Michigan, doctor accused of arranging sex with human trafficking victims and buying drugs has been charged.

Dr. Gireesh Velugubanti, 49, of Royal Oak, was allegedly a customer of a human trafficking ring operating out of the Sonesta Suites in Southfield.