Already on 28 November 2019, the parliamentary committee for finance explored the possibilities of prosecuting the then Undersecretary Snel and his civil servants.[53] Around the same time, there was also a call within the civil service of the Tax and Customs Administration for disciplinary and judicial measures against the executives involved.[54] After Snel resigned, Minister Hoekstra indicated on 12 January 2020 that he saw no indications of criminal acts by the Tax and Customs Administration.[55] At the insistence of the House of Representatives, Hoekstra nevertheless decided to ask an external agency to reassess the information for criminality and also called on everyone to report information about criminal acts.[56] On 19 May 2020, the Ministry of Finance nevertheless filed a report against the Tax and Customs Administration as a result of the child welfare fraud scandal.