Donald Trump has been fined $354.9 million after a civil fraud trial in New York. The 77-year-old former US President has been handed a huge fine and banned from running businesses in New York for three years, after Trump was deemed to have inflated his wealth on statements given to financial institutions in order to make deals and secure loans. Judge Arthur Engoron said during the court hearing: “The common excuse that ‘everybody does it’ is all the more reason to strive for honesty and transparency and to be vigilant in enforcing the rules. “Here, despite the false financial statements, it i…