Verizon is asking for a jury trial and seeks damages for harm to its reputation, expenses incurred in handling thousands of customer complaints and expenses required to reimburse customers for the unauthorized charges.

On the site customers can use to file claims, and campaign names that it is offering refunds for.

Jason Hope did not immediately respond to a message left for him at Jawa, the Scottsdale, Arizona, company where he serves as CEO.

His company seems to be doing well with its premium message business. In a local news station's , Jawa boasts that it offers employees catered meals, a Ping-Pong table, and a tropical-themed nap room, complete with sleeping pod that "comes from England and has a James Bond, Dr. Evil feel," according to one employee.

The IDG News Service