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Luckin Coffee (Anonymous Report)

Muddy Waters / Carson Block · 2020

"Luckin Coffee fabricated sales figures; the growth story is a fraud."

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In 2020, Muddy Waters received an anonymous 89-page report proving that Luckin Coffee, China's answer to Starbucks, was fabricating hundreds of millions of dollars in sales. The stock collapsed 80% shortly after.

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