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Date set for former Lumiere MD’s fraud trial

The former managing director of defunct Jersey-based IFA firm Lumiere Wealth, Christopher Paul Byrne, will face a six-week trial in Jersey’s Royal Court starting next August.

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Brazil connection

Lumiere’s clients, along with others, invested money in a Providence fund that loaned money to the firm’s factoring company in Brazil for between 30 and 180 days.

The short-term debt was purchased at a discount of more than 2% per month with the returns collected at par.

The minimum investment in the fund was $50,000, €37,500, or £30,000.

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