Russian Pranksters Dupe Fed Chair Jerome Powell Into Recorded Call

Pranksters posing as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky duped Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell into speaking with them. Clips of the video conversation were posted online Thursday by a pair of Russian comedians who have done the same thing to other world leaders.

A spokeswoman for the central bank confirmed that Mr. Powell spoke with someone in January who misrepresented himself as the Ukrainian president.