They blamed the child welfare fraud scandal on the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment.[41] A day later, the officials of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment in turn referred back to the Tax and Customs Administration as the cause of the child welfare fraud scandal.[42] During the interrogation of Sandra Palmen, Leijten asked her to read part of her memo, so that white-lacquered passages also became public. This showed that she already advised in 2017 not to continue litigating against parents.[43]