Making matters worse was the fact that problems had already surfaced in October: Fan Fang-kuei, the former chairman of Tong Lung Metal, had misappropriated company funds to cover personal losses on the stock market and overseas investments, and An Feng Steel had bounced checks worth NT $ 170 million.
再加上十月即已傳出的：上市的東隆五金公司前總經理範芳魁挪用公司資產以填補個人的股市及海外投資損失，以及安鋒鋼鐵公司跳票一億七千萬元，國內業界的財務危機似乎愈演愈烈，牽連也愈來愈廣。