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According to a lawsuit filed in rural Northern California, Dalas Gundersen, a former Edward Jones broker, was targeted by disgruntled former colleagues in an Internet "smear campaign." For 15 years, Gundersen helped build an Edward Jones practice with $150 million in client assets. Tension began when he was fired for failing to confirm trades with clients, a violation of company policy, and established a rival firm just a half-mile away. The case alleges that nine months later (in September 2015), Lisa Rodriguez and Paul Betenbaugh began posting illegitimate ads seeking sexual encounters with men, containing Gundersen's phone number and physical description, as well as graphic statements, the Sacramento Bee reports. Edward Jones and Rodriguez denied any knowledge of the harassment, but Betenbaugh admitted to making two of the Craigslist ads and was fired in February 2016. "Lisa [Rodriguez] came to...