The damage from the investigations extends beyond Chen's intimates and in-laws to officials of the former administration, including former secretary-general of the National Security Council Chiou I-jen, former Presidential Office deputy secretary-general Ma Yung-cheng, former interior minister Yu Cheng-hsien, and former Hsinchu Science Park head Lee Chieh-mu.
事實上，這波受傷最重的，除了扁家子媳女婿妻舅親信無一倖免外，前朝官員包括國安會秘書長邱義仁、總統府副秘書長馬永成、內政部長余政憲、新竹科學園區管理局局長李界木等人，也紛紛遭到收押。