Dr. Oumair Aejaz: 31 Counts, Sentencing, and $141M Settlement

Dr. Oumair Aejaz is a former Michigan internal medicine physician who was sentenced on December 2, 2025, to 35 to 60 years in prison after pleading no contest to 31 counts of sexual misconduct, including secretly recording women and children for at least six years at his home, at a Rochester Hills swim school, and at hospitals where he worked as a contract doctor. A related class action against Henry Ford Health settled for $141 million on behalf of more than 8,200 former patients.

How the Recordings Were Discovered

The case began with a tip from Aejaz’s own wife. On August 7, 2024, she contacted the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office after finding recordings her husband had made of her, their two minor children, and female relatives inside their home, along with footage of people undressing at the Goldfish Swim School in Rochester Hills.¹

Detectives raided the home the next day and seized six computers, four cellphones, and 15 external storage devices.² A single device held more than 13,000 videos, and investigators estimated it would take at least six months to review everything. The material spanned at least six years and included footage from hospital rooms, changing areas, closets, and bathrooms. Some recordings captured sexual encounters with hospital patients who were asleep or unconscious. Victims ranged in age from as young as two years old to adult women. Sheriff Michael Bouchard said, “From a 2-year-old boy to a grown woman, no one was immune.”³

The 31 Counts and No-Contest Plea

Charges started at 10 counts in Oakland County and grew as detectives worked through the seized devices. On October 9, 2025, Aejaz pleaded no contest to all 31 counts in Oakland County Sixth Circuit Court. Prosecutor Karen D. McDonald said her office offered no plea deal and no leniency, and that the plea spared victims from having to testify.⁴⁵

The counts broke down as:

2 counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct involving a victim under 13
3 counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct involving a victim under 13
4 counts of child sexually abusive commercial activity, including aggravated offenses
13 counts of using a computer to commit a crime
9 counts of capturing or distributing an image of an unclothed person

Officials noted at the time of the plea that investigations at medical facilities in other counties were continuing and further charges remained possible.⁶

Sentencing

Judge Anderson imposed a sentence of 35 to 60 years in prison on December 2, 2025.¹ Four victims delivered impact statements. Morgan Dean, recorded with her child at the Goldfish Swim School, told Aejaz, “You are a waste of the air we breathe,” and described living in constant fear of being watched through windows. Two of the four who spoke said they had been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.⁷

Aejaz is on the Michigan Sex Offender Registry under registration number M0007438, with an incarceration start date of March 26, 2026.⁸

The $141 Million Henry Ford Health Settlement

A class action against Aejaz, Henry Ford Health, and Henry Ford Macomb Hospital Corporation covered patients Aejaz treated or evaluated at the hospital between January 1, 2018, and August 8, 2024. The $141 million settlement, finalized October 31, 2025, applied to more than 8,200 former patients, and Macomb County Circuit Judge James Maceroni approved the agreement.⁹¹⁰

Payouts were tiered. Michigan Lawyers Weekly reported that $41 million was allocated for $5,000 payments to each patient Aejaz treated, and up to $100 million was set aside for patients who could show they were assaulted or recorded.¹⁰ The Macomb Daily reported that victims providing proof of sexual assault involving contact or penetration could receive $1 million to $2 million, plus up to an additional $1.5 million upon submitting a statement of harm, while patients recorded in a state of undress but not physically assaulted could receive between $75,000 and $275,000.¹¹ Parker Stinar and Patrick Lannen served as court-appointed lead counsel for the plaintiffs.⁹

Other Lawsuits

In October 2025, three women filed individual lawsuits against Henry Ford Macomb Hospital alleging Aejaz sexually assaulted and recorded them while they were patients. Represented by Matthew Piccirilli and Paul Huebner of Fieger Law, the plaintiffs said they “felt that their rights were not adequately represented” in the class action.¹² The complaints alleged negligent hiring, training, supervision, and retention.¹³

A separate class action was filed April 29, 2026, against the Goldfish Swim School in Rochester Hills by plaintiff Morgan Dean. The suit alleged negligence and inadequate security, saying the school failed to screen people entering the facility and had no policies to oversee changing rooms where Aejaz used a hidden camera. Investigators estimated 60 to 100 recordings came from that location. The suit sought a jury trial and security reforms across all Goldfish locations. The swim school declined to comment, citing pending litigation.¹⁴

Where He Worked

Aejaz immigrated to the United States from India on a work visa in 2011 and completed his medical residency at Sinai Grace Hospital, part of the Detroit Medical Center.⁷ He worked as a hospitalist at Southeast Health in Dothan, Alabama, from December 2015 to December 2018.¹⁵ Returning to Michigan, he held contract positions at Ascension Genesys Hospital in Grand Blanc and Henry Ford Macomb Hospital in Clinton Township.²

Henry Ford Health described Aejaz as a contract physician, not a direct employee, and said it was “assessing the allegations” and cooperating fully with law enforcement. Law enforcement conducted a security assessment of the facility after the recordings surfaced, and Henry Ford ran its own internal sweep. According to the hospital, neither sweep found unauthorized cameras or recording devices. The Detroit Medical Center confirmed Aejaz finished his residency there in 2015 and had not treated DMC patients since.¹⁶ Southeast Health in Dothan said it received no patient complaints of a similar nature during Aejaz’s tenure and had not been contacted by law enforcement, but would cooperate if contacted.¹⁵

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Oakland County. Oumair Aejaz Sentenced to 35-60 Years in Prison
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NBC News. Doctor Charged With Filming Women, Children With Hidden Cameras
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Upper Michigan’s Source. Doctor Accused of Recording Women, Children With Hidden Cameras
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Oakland County. Oumair Aejaz Pleads No Contest to 31 Counts
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WXYZ. Rochester Hills Doctor Pleads No Contest to 31 Charges
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Fox 2 Detroit. Rochester Hills Doctor Enters Plea in Sex Crime Cases, More Charges Could Come Later
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Arab American News. Oakland County Dr. Oumair Aejaz Sentenced to at Least 35 Years for Secretly Filming Women and Sexually Assaulting a 6-Year-Old Girl
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Michigan Sex Offender Registry. Offender Details – Oumair Aejaz
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Click on Detroit. Oakland County Doctor Sexual Abuse Case Settlement Finalized, Millions to Be Paid Out
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Michigan Lawyers Weekly. Michigan Hospital $141M Secret Recordings Settlement
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Macomb Daily. Class Action Lawsuit Settled for Henry Ford Macomb Doctor’s Alleged Acts
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CBS News Detroit. Lawsuits Filed Against Rochester Hills Doctor for Alleged Sexual Abuse
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Detroit News. 3 Women File Lawsuits Against Doctor, Henry Ford Macomb for Sex Assault
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Click on Detroit. Rochester Area Swim School Faces Lawsuit After Doctor Secretly Recorded Children, Parents in Changing Room
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WDHN. Former Dothan Doctor Charged With Sex Crimes
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WXYZ. Lawsuits Filed Against Health Care Systems Who Employed Rochester Hills Doctor Accused of Sex Crimes