Crooked lawyer walks free because she has a baby

Catford

A City solicitor who defrauded the taxpayer out of £63,000 by inflating translation costs for legal aid documents escaped jail because she has a baby. Babita Attra, 41, made sure her lover Alexandru Major, 35, got lucrative translation contracts as part of the cheat on the Legal Aid Authority (LAA). Attra and Major were convicted of forgery, conspiracy to defraud and transferring criminal property in January this year. The married couple overcharged the LAA (Legal Aid Authority) of at least…

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