Overview
- Philip Waldman, 38, pleaded guilty to fraud by false representation and assault of an emergency worker at Minshull Street Crown Court.
- Judge Neil Usher imposed a one year and eight month term suspended for two years, plus 20 rehabilitation days and a three‑month electronically monitored curfew, calling the case “breathtaking dishonesty.”
- Prosecutors said Waldman fabricated roles and references from the London Stock Exchange, Bank of New York Mellon, and Santander, and submitted bogus CIPD certificates later confirmed as not issued by the body.
- He worked about six months as Brighton and Sussex University Hospital Trust’s diversity and inclusion manager and was paid £11,030 before checks exposed the deception.
- In a separate incident in January 2023, police found him highly intoxicated in Liverpool and he kicked a detention officer in custody; he also accused the hospital of a “disability hate crime” when challenged and claimed an unverified neurological condition while declining to share medical records.