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VW Office in South Korea Raided in Diesel Emissions Probe
Earlier today South Korean prosecutors raided the local offices of Volkswagen AG and its Audi unit and the home of an unidentified senior company executive as part of an investigation into diesel emission cheating.
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Earlier today South Korean prosecutors raided the local offices of Volkswagen AG and its Audi unit and the home of an unidentified senior company executive as part of an investigation into diesel emission cheating.
Investigators reportedly seized e-mail messages and documents related to pollution testing and certification.
VW admitted last autumn it rigged 11 million diesels worldwide with software to evade emission requirements. In November Korea’s environmental ministry fined VW 14.1 billion won ($12 million) for selling 125,000 of the Audi and VW brand models in the country.
The carmaker submitted a recall plan on Jan. 6, but regulators rejected it. Two weeks later the ministry said it planned to charge Johannes Thammer, who heads VW’s Korean operations, with failing to recall the affected vehicles.
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