Independent auditors confirmed Friday to Volkswagen's senior board many of the details published in news reports in recent months about corrupt dealings by managers in the car company's personnel department.
Compiled by the auditing firm KPMG at Volkswagen's expense, the report divides the scandal into six distinct areas, beginning with plans to establish a Volkswagen assembly plant and dealer network in the African nation Angola.
Helmuth Schuster, a German high flyer in the department who was seconded to the company's Czech subsidiary Skoda as director of labour affairs, and Klaus-Joachim Gebauer, a senior personnel manager in Wolfsburg, were fingered as the key figures in this.
The report said it was "highly likely" they had sought to profit in Angola as undisclosed shareholders in a company seeking the agency.
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