This pattern of behavior is well known in the appraiser community and people have been complaining about it for quite some time. As I said in the other thread, it isn’t just the one lender and it isn’t just the one appraisal management company.
In going after this particular AMC Cuomo may be landing a medium sized fish that might be willing to deal up the bigger fish in a plea bargain. Since most large AMCs have multiple lenders as clients the fallout could be significant.