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Shoe chain cops double blow with inside trading probe

Accent Group, which owns Hype DC and The Athlete's Foot, is facing an ASIC insider trading probe. (Tracey Nearmy/AAP PHOTOS)

Top executives at the firm that owns Platypus, Hype DC and The Athlete's Foot stores are being investigated for possible insider trading, the company has confirmed.

Accent Group said on Monday it had been ordered by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to preserve communications and electronic devices for chief executive Daniel Agostinelli, director Michael Hapgood and another senior employee.

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