Starbucks rival Luckin Coffee's shares plunge on accounting probe

Starbucks rival Luckin Coffee's shares plunge on accounting probe

A customer exits a Luckin Coffee outlet in Beijing, China, on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019. Photographer: Gilles Sabrie/Bloomberg

Luckin Coffee Inc., the fast-growing Chinese coffee chain, plunged as much as 81% on Thursday after the company said its board is investigating reports that senior executives and employees fabricated transactions.

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