The state is reported to be looking into the possibility of civil penalties, which are still viable. The crux is fraud, massive and widespread fraud, woven into all these crooked business structures.

A second benefit the Trumps got from their All County money-laundering operation was to use the inflated invoices to justify larger rent increases on rent-controlled apartments. That means the Trumps defrauded literally hundreds of their tenants out of the inflated amount of their rents. I'm pretty sure that allows the State to take an interest on behalf of their clients, the renters. The State of New York could sue, the individual tenants could sue, or they could bring a class action.

So it ain't over yet. The Times didn't just spend weeks on this investigation for the sheer pleasure of it.