Sex Crime Doctor Charged with 127 More Offences for Filming Colleagues

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Victorian detectives have increased the charges against Ryan Cho, a 27-year-old doctor accused of secretly filming his colleagues in hospital toilets, to 127 more offences. The new charges bring the total charges against Cho to 133. Police seized hundreds of hours of intimate footage and alleged that the recordings were made at the Austin Hospital, the Royal Melbourne Hospital, and the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.

Key Takeaways:

  • Cho faced court in July after he was re-arrested, with police alleging that over 10,000 intimate files were found on his electronic devices.
  • The files allegedly named at least 406 female victims and were categorised into folders with names and workplaces, with female doctors, nurses, paramedics, and other staff being targeted.
  • The charges are related to stalking, producing intimate images, and installing optical surveillance devices.
  • Cho was employed at the Royal Melbourne between February 2024 and February 2025, and at the Austin Hospital after moving.
  • The investigation is ongoing, and police expect to identify further victims as they continue to comb through hundreds of hours of vision.
  • The health regulator, the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency, barred Cho from practising medicine two weeks after his arrest.
  • An internal investigation at the Royal Melbourne Hospital was launched in January after a strategically placed phone was discovered in the intensive care unit bathrooms, but it was never passed on to police.

Statistics:

  • 127 new charges have been laid against Cho, taking the total to 133.
  • Over 10,000 intimate files were found on Cho's electronic devices.
  • The files allegedly named at least 406 female victims.
  • Hundreds of hours of intimate footage were seized by police.

Sources:

  • News article: "Victorian Aliens (RC).ator newsNetwork: Sex.ictige agrtypeiii:co).
  • Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency