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Reshad Jones, who spent a decade with the Miami Dolphins, settled his lawsuit against financial services firm Merrill Lynch.

The former NFL safety was awarded $9.5 million after alleging that a former financial adviser at the company defrauded him of approximately $2.6 million. The settlement was reached in August, but public reporting on the case was not made available until this week.

Investment News was the first to report details of the settlement.

An arrest report issued in June stated that Williams took advantage of his position at Merrill Lynch to wrongfully access Jones’ personal financial information and subsequently stole at least $1.56 million over a series of separate transactions.

An additional $1.03 million was embezzled throug

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