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Michael Verf\u00fcrden has been an editor in the Investigative Research department at Handelsblatt since 2020.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among other things, he has reported on the abuse of power in the financial sector, dubious property deals and cyber attacks on German companies. His revelations about the Wirecard scandal attracted particular attention. After studying German and political science in D\u00fcsseldorf, he graduated from the Georg von Holtzbrinck School for Business Journalists, where he now works as a lecturer for Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) and investigative research methods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2022, Michael Verf\u00fcrden and his team gained access to internal Tesla data from a Norwegian whistleblower. This and other research resulted in the book \u2018Die Tesla-Files: Enth\u00fcllungen aus dem Reich von Elon Musk\u2019<\/a>, which he wrote together with his colleague S\u00f6nke Iwersen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interview with Michael Verf\u00fcrden<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Michael Verf\u00fcrden has been an editor in the Investigative Research department at Handelsblatt since 2020. 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