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Africa-Press – Liberia. <\/strong><\/span>The People\u2019s Liberation Party (PLP) has claimed that its political leader Dr.Daniel E. Cassell is innocent of the insurance fraud charges leveled against him by the State of New Jersey.<\/p>\n

Cassell, whose cash made him a household name politically, has been indicted by the Office of the Attorney General of New Jersey with first-degree money laundering, second-degree theft by deception, and multiple counts of conspiracy, insurance fraud, and other charges outlined below.<\/p>\n

Acting New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor (OIFP), also accused Cassell and his wife, Bindu Cassell, of using their mental health clinics to hide unreported income, and failed to report \u201cmore than US$11 million in additional New Jersey-earned income on NJ non-resident income tax returns\u201d from 2016-2018.<\/p>\n

However, for Cassell\u2019s party, they believe that their political leader is being wrongfully accused, and would be exonerated from all criminal charges levied against him by the US State of New Jersey.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe PLP would like to state emphatically that the accusations levied against its Vision\/Standard Bearer remain \u2018doctored allegations\u2019 that can only be proven or denied through the presentation of hard facts or substantive evidence during court hearing or procedures and not by hearsay,\u201d the party\u2019s National Chairman Tapple Doe, said in a statement. \u201cIndictment is not a guilty verdict but a process of proceeding to trial and as such, its Standard Bearer remains innocent until proven guilty in a court of competent jurisdiction in the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n

Doe noted that the party remains hopeful and steadfast that Cassell would return to Liberia in time for the 2023 election to continue his \u201ccrusade to liberate Liberia and its citizens from bad governance, segregation, deprivation, corruption, and other vices and societal ills that have kept them backward for several decades.\u201d<\/p>\n

He however wondered why his political leader\u2019s case, which is being conducted outside of Liberia\u2019 has gained so much national attention and is now being used as a conduit to get at the party and its leader \u201cwho has never stolen our country\u2019s wealth and resources, neither has he been involved in our past atrocious civil war or committed any crime in Liberia.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe remain focused, determined and dedicated to building cells by consistently engaging our fellow citizens throughout the length and breadth of our country, and intervening to resolve the mountainous aged-old problems that they are faced with.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTo this end, the PLP remains the only beacon of hope to liberate Liberia and its citizens and therefore, all patriotic and well-meaning Liberians should continue to put the interest of our country first by denouncing propaganda intended to injure the reputation of others, who have been in the vanguard of finding solutions to the barrage of problems the nation and citizens are currently encountering, and continues to worsen day by day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cassell’s alleged crime, according to Platkin, took place between January 2015 and October 2021, and that the New Jersey Office of the Insurance Fraud Protector began investigating him and his company, Kwenyan Professional Health Services, LLC and Kwenyan and Associates, which operated clinics across New Jersey in 2019.<\/p>\n

The companies operated until October 2021. Officials said Cassell, his wife, and some employees used the Kwenyan name to hide income on tax returns \u2014 using the clinics to conceal the couple\u2019s income in a US$1 million tax evasion scheme \u2014 and defraud Medicaid with a phony billing scheme. They also defrauded Progressive Insurance Company, officials said.<\/p>\n

Two of Cassell\u2019s employees submitted thousands of false claims to Medicaid for mental health services that were never performed, or were billed incorrectly, New Jersey officials noted.<\/p>\n

They are charged, along with Cassell, with second-degree conspiracy to commit health care claims fraud, second-degree health care claims fraud, third-degree conspiracy to commit Medicaid Fraud, and third-degree Medicaid Fraud.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Doe has claimed that local media coverage of the Cassell case is a smear campaign that has been initiated by failed and greedy politicians who want to see Liberian citizens die in perpetual economic hardship and poverty \u201cin the midst of the current administration plundering our country\u2019s resources on their respective family members who are flagrantly flaunting their wealth in the eyes of the impoverished masses.\u201d<\/p>\n

Doe noted that the PLP is not moved or deterred by the growing wave of \u201cpolitical propaganda being intentionally targeted at Cassell\u201d and the party ahead of the 2023 general and presidential elections.<\/p>\n

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