Alan Woods, 52, of Lake Mead, Heybridge, Essex, stalked the woman, who worked alongside him in Romford, between July, 2018 and April, this year.
At Barkingside Magistrates' Court he was also ordered to complete 200 hours unpaid community service work.
He pleaded guilty to a charge of stalking without fear, alarm or distress, contrary to the Protection from Harassment Act.
The victim reported the stalking to officers at a north east London police station on Thursday, October 24, last year and stated she did not know who the perpetrator was.
The stalking began in July, 2018 with Woods creating a fake social media account in the victim’s name.
He then sent messages to a colleague’s wife, falsely stating that he was having an affair with another colleague.
On Friday, July 20, 2018 Woods contacted the police to inform them the victim drove to work while under the influence of drugs.
One day, police were waiting and she was drug tested outside her workplace by officers and the result came back all clear.
Throughout April this year, Woods made multiple unwanted phone calls to the victim, left abusive messages and tampered with her car.
It was established the phone number used to send the victim messages was the same as the one used to call police and make the false accusation back in July, 2018.
To identify Woods as the perpetrator, officers from the Metropolitan Police's East Area Basic Command Unit analysed phone data from the number he used.
The number was linked to Maldon in Essex.
Further investigations led to a security officer from the workplace stating that Woods lived in the same area which the phone was linked to.
PC Tay Mirza, said: “Stalking in all its forms greatly impacts victims and this in this case their work life. Hopefully, this result will give the victim some peace of mind.
“Anyone that believes they are a current victim of stalking should contact the police by calling 101 or reporting it online.”
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