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发帖数: 901 | 1 During the past four years, roughly 800,000 members of the American military
have passed through the airport in Leipzig, Germany—a popular refueling
stop for soldiers going to and from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Members of the armed forces who want to call home can use a pay phone
service in the airport’s secure military lounge. But those calls may have
been costing the service members dearly: according to a recent class-action
lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Waco, Texas, the Switzerland-based
company that runs the pay phone service—and its sister firm in California—
have been “rigg[ing]” the phones to sometimes charge more than $40 for a
call lasting mere seconds.
The two companies—BBG Global AG and BBG Communications Inc.—are owned,
according to the lawsuit, by trusts belonging to the families of Rafael and
Gregorio Galicot. The two, who are American citizens, are the sons of José
Galicot, a prominent Mexican businessman and philanthropist known to some as
the “godfather of Tijuana.” For years, the elder Galicot has been a
relentless champion for the Mexican border city, touting its industries and
culture and trying to help Tijuana shed its reputation for drug-related
violence. In the fall of 2010, Galicot—who reportedly splits his time
between Mexico and California —organized Tijuana Innovadora, a $5 million
celebration; speakers included Mexican President Felipe Calderón, Al Gore,
Larry King, and Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim.
Requests for comment from Rafael and Gregorio Galicot and from a
representative of their trusts went unanswered. An attorney speaking on
behalf of BBG Global and BBG Communications denied the allegations contained
in the suit and has filed a motion to dismiss it.
Though both Galicot brothers reside in San Diego, their pay-phone empire
appears to be a tangled web that spans continents. Gregorio and Rafael are
president and vice president, respectively, of BBG Communications. The
company, which is based in a gleaming office building in San Diego, operates
broadband kiosks, prepaid card services, and public telephones, among other
things, in Mexico and North America; clients include Panasonic, Marriott,
and TelMex, the Mexican telecom giant owned by Carlos Slim, according to BBG
Communications’ website. | p******u
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: During the past four years, roughly 800,000 members of the American military
: have passed through the airport in Leipzig, Germany—a popular refueling
: stop for soldiers going to and from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
: Members of the armed forces who want to call home can use a pay phone
: service in the airport’s secure military lounge. But those calls may have
: been costing the service members dearly: according to a recent class-action
: lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Waco, Texas, the Switzerland-based
: company that runs the pay phone service—and its sister firm in California—
: have been “rigg[ing]” the phones to sometimes charge more than $40 for a
: call lasting mere seconds.
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