Sometimes it can be a tax issue when overvaluing gets you a break on your federal taxes.
https://www.eenews.net/articles/n-y-...ent-tax-break/
Or when you pay to have values lowered in other instances to reduce your tax burden.
https://www.propublica.org/article/t...-assessors-say
As to the potential criminal parts:Quote:
AG James said that her office had referred her findings to the US Attorney’s Office in NY and to the IRS.