Reply #10: It may be a "Yes Men" hoax ... [View All]

[meegbear]

If it’s too good to be true then it very often is.

A city trader who set jaws dropping on Monday after apparently confessing that he goes “to bed every night and dreams of another recession” has been branded a hoax.

Self-styled trader Alessio Rastani, 34, made world headlines after his bizarre appearance on the BBC.

But his interview has come under close scrutiny – resulting in Rastani being linked to a group of Internet “imposters” known as The Yes Men.

Many believe Rastani is in fact Andy Bichlbaum who created the group as a way of exposing lies and telling the truth in society.

'Rastani' is accused of a series of similar hoaxes including an appearance on the BBC in 2004 in which he claimed victims of the Bhopal disaster would receive compensation.

In the YouTube video from the 20th anniversary of the incident a man – who looks and sounds remarkably like Rastani - says he’s a spokesman for Dow Chemical which is paying out the money.

On Tuesday the BBC stood by the authenticity of their interviewee. "We've carried out detailed investigations and can't find any evidence to suggest that the interview with Alessio Rastani was a hoax.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2011/09/27/alessio-rastani-hoax-on-bbc_n_983156.html


Verrrry Interesting.