Russian Pranksters Dupe Fed Chair Jerome Powell Into Recorded Call
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A pair of comedians posed as Ukraine’s president in a January conversation with Jerome Powell.
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The pair have previously tricked other world leaders including European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde earlier this year and then-UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson in 2018.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell was tricked into an extended phone call in January with Russian pranksters posing as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell held a call with a pair of Russian pranksters posing as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, according to video shown on Russian state television.
Russian pranksters posed as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and tricked U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell into sharing a call with them.
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is the latest official to be targeted in a call with Russian pranksters posing to be Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
A Fed spokesperson would not say whether the call demonstrated that the Fed faces security lapses or what steps would be taken to try to prevent it from occurring again.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell was reportedly tricked into thinking he was speaking with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the phone earlier in 2023.
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell earlier this year held a video chat about the global economy with someone he thought was Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Except it wasn't Zelensky. Powell appears to have been pranked.
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