Taichung County police have uncovered suspected cases of people posing as earthquake relief fundraisers in order to steal donations. There have also been reports from disaster areas of foreign workers and scooter gangs looting, and unoccupied houses have become the new target of gangs of thieves late at night. After the Lin Gardens in Wufeng (listed as a national treasure) collapsed, they suffered the further indignity of having many antiques stolen.
台中縣警方破獲一起涉嫌假借震災募款之名，行私人詐欺之實的案例；各災區及收容所分別傳出有外勞和飆車族趁火打劫的消息；夜晚無人居住的住宅大樓，成為偷竊集團作案的新目標；國寶級的霧峰林家花園在倒塌後，竟也難逃被趁火打劫的命運，不少古董文物被偷！