Mohammed Saimon, 26, was due to work on the door of a venue in the town on May 11 when his friend turned up instead.
The venue management recognised the person who showed up was not Saimon and contacted the security company, who came to the business and challenged the man.
Saimon, of Raymond Road, Newham, was called by the security company boss, who took possession of the Security Industry Authority (SIA) licence, and said he had sent his friend to work day as he was unable to do so that night.
The door supervisor admitted supplying an article for use in fraud at Thames Magistrates’ Court on Monday, where he was sentenced to a 12-month community order. He must also complete 80 hours of unpaid work and pay £1,858 costs to the SIA.
Mark Chapman, criminal investigations manager at the SIA said: “SIA licence holders are required to be properly trained and appropriately vetted to hold a position of authority and trust as a door supervisor. Mohammed Saimon abused this position and provided an untrained and unlicensed individual the opportunity to work, thereby potentially placing the public at risk.
“The outcome of this prosecution should be a lesson to anyone who is thinking of committing fraud. Receiving a criminal conviction and being made to repay the SIA’s prosecution costs shows that crime does not pay.”