Could you tell me where I can see info about the fine?
I have yet to find any official information about an LPR applying for an ESTA or the I-407 process in general aside from the short explanation on USCIS website and a couple embassy websites around the world. I haven't seen anything about fines.
Wasn't the TV, I just noted that all the threads I have seen about it on VisaJourney or other similar forums seem to share the experience that their ESTA got denied, often even after the I-407 was processed.