Overvaluing his property bought him lower rates to borrow funds and got him better insurance rates than others enjoy. That contributes to higher rates for everyone else.
He also undervalued his tax assessments, again costing others to pay a higher share. The state is going after that as well; state, county, municipalities, and school taxes The Feds may do that as well. When you're property-rich and a prolific cheat, this stuff can obviously add up.
Dunno if it was reported in the wingnut news but his financial co-defendant pleaded guilty to perjury regarding trump entities' civil tax liabilities. Felony, right? We can only guess at what deal he might have made. In any event, lying on ALL this stuff is a crime as I'm sure you know.
Fraud, because it often leaves a paper trail, is easier to prove than some other crimes. Also, because it's sometimes easy to obfuscate when the accounting is piling lots of numbers with speculative statements, the gov't often makes assumptions and gives you a chance to prove them wrong as your only option. Kinda like the way trump's disclaimers on loan applications suggested they couldn't be held responsible for "errors". Many people don't even try to prove them wrong because you can't fudge the numbers you claimed were true. Even relating to other examples that might seem exculpatory are avoided because that can open a big can of worms going back years. Good lawyers do the best they can.
I know that people want to believe no one, save taxpayers, borrowers, and insured corporations were harmed because what? A couple of bankers claimed they can't be faulted even if they were risky loans and the buffoon paid them back at the agreed price and profit to them? The thing is, not all creditors, contractors, buyers, agents, insurers, and other assorted people who trusted "the trump brand" can claim that. AND there's a history of thousands of lawsuits and stories of threats proving many, many did not.
Again, as many of us NY'ers know, many did not. to the tune of more than that $335M fine.
Why should he be exempt? Because he fought to delay this until it was an election year?
What about the penalties and interest on the tax fraud? Unfair? Do others not have property confiscated? Stop paying your meager-by-comparison property taxes and see what happens.
It always amazes me that his followers simply dismiss the literal thousands of people telling tales of how he destroyed their livelihoods, businesses, and families and react to this reality with simple BS speculation about Hunter Biden and "the big guy." who's bankrupting America. But that's just me trying to talk with people whose own family and friends avoid.
Because I'm a fucking woke liberal, and believer in law and order enjoying the fruits of a lifetime of paying my fair share. YMMV -XO