The trader at the centre of a controversial interview, in which he claimed the City just “loves” a economic disaster, was today accused of being a hoaxer.
Interviewers were left aghast as Alessio Rastani admitted that traders “don’t really care that much” about the prospect of an economic collapse.
He astonished BBC viewers yesterday by describing his hopes of profiting from a recession, adding: “The governments don’t rule the world -Goldman Sachs rules the world.”
However, within minutes of the astonishing interview with Rastani going viral, the Twittersphere had linked the self-styled independent trader with the hoax group The Yes Men -an organisation that impersonates “bigtime criminals in order to publicly humiliate them.”
One user of Twitter said: “It doesn’t matter if it was Alessio Rastani or The Yes Men. What he said reflects how traders really think.”
Have a look at the video below, and peruse Mr Rastani’s Twitter feed here and make your own decision. Could this man be a giant wind up or simply a die-hard Capitalist being remarkably candid?
