On August 22, Shen Chang-sheng, president of the largest illegal investment firm, the Homey group (with 160,000 creditors and debts of more than NT $ 90 billion), was haled in by court summons, spelling the end of such firms.
八月廿二日，最大的地下投資公司﹘﹘鴻源機構（債權人十六萬、負債達九百多億元）負責人沈長聲拘提到案，地下投資自此煙消雲散。