The fraud trial of Ultra-Liberal (former) KIRO Radio Host Mike Webb started today. (Full Story Below). Interesting to note is that, even though he was fired from KIRO, if you visit his website he's still on air with the Mike Webb show for 25 stations. Take a look at the topics he is spreading his liberal blather on.

The reason I bring these things up is that if you look at his blog, it appears the KORUM family of auto dealers is sponsoring the Mike Webb shows and its topics. This family's decision to sponsor these extremist views, especially from someone who almost certainly committed insurance fraud, should not go unchallenged. I would urge ALL READERS to do the right thing and never buy a vehicle, used or new, from a family that openly supports wacky liberal ideals and likely insurance fraud criminals.

Heck, click on one of the contact links below and fill out the form to tell them why you will never be buying a gas guzzling 8 mpg SUV (or any other preferred vehicle) from them!

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Thursday, September 7, 2006

Radio host's fraud trial begins

By PAUL SHUKOVSKY
P-I REPORTER

Former KIRO radio personality Mike Webb committed fraud by filing a claim on an insurance policy that "didn't exist" after a minor traffic accident last year, a King County prosecutor said Wednesday.

"This is a story about Mike Webb's attempt to fool" Seattle police, the National Insurance Bureau and Geico Insurance Co., prosecutor Nancy Balin told jurors in her opening statement.

The case stems from an accident June 28, 2005, involving Webb's Lexus in which it was determined that he was not at fault, Balin said.

One day later, Balin said Webb got an Internet quote and bought a Geico insurance policy for $151. On June 30, he sent an e-mail to Geico seeking a copy of his policy that he claimed he had signed up for the day of the accident, she told the jurors.

"The defendant made a claim on a policy that didn't exist," Balin said.

Webb's attorney reserved his opening statement for later in the trial. But Webb later called the allegations "categorically false."

Citing Geico computer records, Balin rebutted Webb's claim that he got the insurance quote in late May and bought a policy at that time. Webb's policy number, she said, is consistent with policies initiated in June, "not in May, and not before this accident."

A document Webb produced showing a May inception date for the policy has Geico's logo in the wrong font, the prosecutor said.

In addition, bank records support the company's assertion that the policy was bought after the accident, she said.

After an investigation, Geico refused to pay the $6,000 damage claim on the Lexus.

"In the end, he didn't fool anybody," Balin said. "And he's not going to fool you," she said, asking the jury to find Webb guilty of filing a fraudulent insurance claim.

KIRO fired Webb after he was charged with the felony. The talk-show host had the station's 9 p.m.-to-1 a.m. slot before losing his job.

Webb said Wednesday that he's still on the air for 25 stations as host of a syndicated talk show.