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Regulator begins investigation over Tesco profits

The Financial Conduct Authority has begun a full investigation into Tesco after the supermarket overstated its half-year profits by £250m, the company has announced.

Tesco's new chief financial officer will begin his role three months earlier following the shock profit warning.

Alan Stewart will start immediately rather than at the beginning of December after it revealed an accounting issue had seen the chain overstate its first half-year profit.

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Tesco suspends four executives after overstating profits by £250m

Tesco's unexpected profit warning sent its shares to an 11-year low today after the supermarket warned it may have overstated profits by £250 million.

The revelation has prompted the suspension of four senior executives and will be investigated independently by Deloitte.

ITV News Economics Editor Richard Edgar reports:

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