TIMELINE-Luckin Coffee's journey from hot startup to $5bln share wipeout

Here is a timeline of the Nasdaq-listed Luckin Coffee Inc's journey from a hot Chinese start-up to U.S. IPO and now an investigation for alleged fraud. January 2018 - Luckin Coffee, co-founded by CEO Qian Zhiya, the former chief operating officer of car rental firm Car Inc and two other senior executives, officially started operations in Beijing and Shanghai.