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Luckin Coffee investigation says chairman knew or should have known of fabricated transactions

Report detailing the internal probe also said Charles Lu didn’t fully cooperate with investigation, according to a person familiar with the matter

An investigation into the accounting misdeeds at Luckin Coffee Inc. has concluded that the company’s chairman knew—or should have known—about the fabricated transactions that inflated the Chinese coffee chain’s sales last year, according to a person familiar with the matter.

A report detailing the internal probe also said that Charles Lu, Luckin’s co-founder and chairman, didn’t fully cooperate with the investigation, the person said.

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