The regulator said in a statement that the worker was initially in Australia on an international student visa before moving to another temporary visa that required evidence of continued employment.
Mahbub, a married father of two who moved to New Zealand from Bangladesh in 2007, previously worked as an accountant and established a recruitment business.
Syed allegedly caused BioDX Labs LLC to submit claims for respiratory pathogen panel tests that were either not performed or were medically unnecessary.
The man claimed his father suffered a heart attack after learning he was gay and that his mother told him not to contact the family until he had “changed”.
Over a two-week period, he allegedly made repeated calls to electoral offices in New South Wales, Queensland and Tasmania, during which he made threats to harm himself and others.