- Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell believed he was speaking with Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky earlier this year, but it turned out to be a hoax, a spokesperson for the Fed confirmed.
- Powell joins a list of officials pranked by a duo of Russian pranksters, including European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde and former Germany prime minister Angela Merkel.
- The incident, first reported by Bloomberg, raises questions about security protocols.