Russian pranksters, Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexei Stolyarov, posed as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to trick Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell into speaking to them. Powell becomes the latest victim of the pranksters who fool world leaders.
“Chair Powell participated in a conversation in January with someone who misrepresented himself as the Ukrainian president,” a Fed spokesperson said in a statement. “It was a friendly conversation and took place in a context of our standing in support of the Ukrainian people in this challenging time. No sensitive or confidential information was discussed.”
The spokesperson said the video shown on Russian TV “appears to have been edited and I cannot confirm it is accurate.” The Fed referred the matter to law enforcement.The Russian pranksters have made similar videos of various U.S. and international figures in recent years. In 2020, theyby posing as the United Nations secretary general, but Duda reportedly became suspicious because the U.N.
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