ROYAL OAK/SOUTHFIELD — A Royal Oak resident and neurologist, 47-year-old Gireesh Velugubanti, is being held in the Oakland County Jail on a $500,000 cash or surety bond after being accused of trading medical care for sex from a human trafficking victim.
Velugubanti was arraigned in Southfield, the location in which he worked, on June 27 before 46th District Court Magistrate Sharon Woodside. He is charged with human trafficking and conspiracy to deliver or manufacture a controlled substance less than 50 grams.
On June 26, Velugubanti was arrested in his Royal Oak home by members of the Oakland County Human Trafficking Task Force, according to an Oakland County Sheriff’s Office press release…