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

A Royal Oak neurologist, Gireesh Velugubanti, is charged with human trafficking and drug possession, linked to the Sonesta ...

A Royal Oak doctor is accused of having sex with woman trapped in a sex trafficking ring and threatening a trafficked woman’s ...

A Royal Oak neurologist is accused of trading medical care for sex with women trapped in a sex trafficking ring and threatening a trafficked woman’s health care when he was unhappy with her, according ...

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

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

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

According to police investigations, he effectively ransomed health care in order to exploit one or more victims. The first ...

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

"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.