By Juliette Jabkhiro and Mimosa Spencer PARIS (Reuters) -LVMH Chairman and CEO Bernard Arnault told a Paris court on Thursday he didn't know about allegedly illegal surveillance ordered by a trusted associate almost a decade ago,

France's richest man, LVMH chief Bernard Arnault, testified Thursday in the influence-peddling trial of the former head of France's domestic intelligence agency, denying any knowledge of an alleged scheme to protect the luxury group.

Bernard Arnault, France's richest man and the billionaire head of luxury group LVMH, is set to take the witness stand in a Paris court in the trial of Bernard Squarcini, the former head of France's

LVMH Chairman and CEO Bernard Arnault is set to testify at a Paris court on Thursday in the trial of France's former spy chief Bernard Squarcini, a case that has cast light on the lengths to which the world's biggest luxury group has allegedly gone to protect its image.