Volkswagen's reputation continues to face problems despite the company evidently doing everything it can to repair it, as investigators in Seoul, South Korea, searched the automaker's office in the city Friday, according to The Voice of America.
The search was initiated by investigators from the Seoul Supreme Prosecutors' Office, who raided the office and the house of a Volkswagen official in the Asian country. The investigators also confiscated computer hard drives that were housing emails exchanged between the official and company headquarters, as well as documents pertaining to emissions verification and vehicle certification.
South Korea's crackdown on VW intensified last month when the country's environment ministry filed a complaint against Johannes Thammer, the head of Volkswagen AG and Audi's South Korean unit, reported The Economic Times.
While VW had submitted a recall plan for emission-cheating cars to the South Korean government, the environment ministry has declared that the beleaguered carmaker's plan fell short of legal requirements.
A spokesman from the German carmaker has confirmed the raid on its Seoul offices. However, no other details were provided, reported Reuters.
VW, however, has maintained that it is fully cooperating with any investigations that are in any way related to the company's massive cheating scandal, which broke in September last year.
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