Thumper the rabbit, whose ‘parents'' savings are trapped in collapsed Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander (KSFIOM) has hopped on the YouTube bandwagon, making a video warning would-be savers not to bank on the Isle of Man, with similar clips pulling in thousands of viewers.
The rabbit's video is one of nine which have collectively attracted over 6,600 viewers on the popular website in the past fortnight, as members of action group KSFIOMDAG decided to use the site as a platform to raise awareness of their plight. Masked expat pensioner Evelyn, or "Fleeced 2008" started the trend with a musical attack on the jurisdiction (see it here). Since International Investment's report, Evelyn's video has pulled in almost 4,000 viewers and sparked fierce debate about who is to blame for the bank's demise in October last year. A battle has been raging online as de...
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