Hamidur Rashid, a Bangladeshi national, was charged with visa fraud, fraud in foreign labor contracting and aggravated identity theft in a criminal complaint unsealed Tuesday in Manhattan federal court.

He is expected to appear in court Tuesday afternoon, according to a spokeswoman for U.S. prosecutors.

Rashid's lawyer could not immediately be identified. The United Nations did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

According to the complaint, Rashid, who is identified as a program director at the United Nations Development Program in Manhattan, initially contracted with the employee to pay her $420 per week, and submitted that contract to the U.S. State Department to obtain a visa for her.

Once the employee was in the United States in November 2012, the complaint said, Rashid had her sign a new contract with a wage of $290 per week.

Rashid took away the worker's passport, and told her at various times during her employment that she would go to jail and then be sent back to Bangladesh if she worked for anyone else, according to the complaint.

At first, Rashid did not pay her at all, but sent about $600 per month to her husband in Bangladesh, the complaint said. In October 2013, Rashid did pay the employee $600 for her work that month, according to the complaint.

Rashid never paid either the employee or her husband the $420 per week wage stipulated in the original contract, the complaint said.

Rashid is also charged in the complaint with committing identity theft by setting up a sham bank account in the employee's name to make it appear to the U.N. that he was paying her a lawful wage. In fact, the complaint said, Rashid and his wife controlled the account.