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, as he testified at the trial of a former French spy chief.
Bernard Squarcini, who headed France’s domestic security services from 2008 to 2012, was later hired by luxury goods giant LVMH as a security consultant.
He is accused of illegally collecting information on private individuals and violating privacy laws while…

