PHOTO: Former MCSS Superintendent James A.S. Momoh
TEMPLE OF JUSTICE–The grand jury for Montserrado County on December 18,2025 indicted two former officials of the Monrovia Consolidated School System for alleged bribery, money laundering and criminal conspiracy, Garnah Never Lomo reports.
Those former officials indicted are Mr. Kabineh Keita Insurance Broker of the MCSS, Madam Sonita Dangan Director for Curriculum Development and Instruction of the MCSS. But the indictment did not include former Superintendent, James A.S. Momoh who was accused of mismanagement of funding at the institution.
In June 2025, President Joseph Nyuma Boakai suspended Mr. Momoh without pay, pending a full and impartial investigation into damning allegations of administrative and financial misconduct.
An Executive Mansion press release at the time said that the decision was taken following a troubling series of revelations involving unauthorized contracts, kickback schemes, and systemic governance failures at the nation’s largest public school system, MCSS.
INDICTMENT
COUNT 1: MONEY LAUNDERING
According to Count one of the indictment, the within named Defendants,,Mr. Kabineh Keita Insurance Broker of the MCSS and Madam Sonita Dangan Director for Curriculum Development and Instruction of the MCSS, to be identified committed the crime of MONEY LAUNDERING, BRIBERY, AND CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY felonies of the first and second degrees, respectively, to wit;
The indictment avers that, Co-Defendant Mr. Kabineh Keita in the discharge of your duties as Insurance Broker of the MCSS, by knowingly and criminally conspiring with Co-Defendant, Madam Sonita Dangan to use her account as the medium to channel bribe payments of LRD 8,279,500.00 to the administration of the MCSS for the purpose of maintaining his brokerage relationship with the MCSS.
That, you Co-Defendant, Madam Sonita Dangan in the discharge of your duties as Director for Curriculum Development and Instruction of the MCSS, by knowingly and criminally conspiring with Co-Defendant, Mr. Kabineh Keita (MCSS Broker) to use her personal Saving Account for the sole purpose of facilitating the channeling of bribe payments of LRD 8,279,500.00 to the administration of the MCSS and for her own benefit in consideration of maintaining Co-Defendant, Mr. Kabineh Keita as the Broker of the MCSS.
That you Defendants Mr. Kabinch Keita and Madam Sonita Dangan with criminal mind and intend purposely, criminally and recklessly committed the crime of Money Laundering against the State.
The indictment stated that the alleged conduct of the MCSS officials are ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING ACT, 2012: SECTION 15.2 (1&2) and have no affirmative defense for your act or conduct contrary to laws of the Republic of Liberia.
Further, the within named Defendants, acts are contrary to the ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING ACT, 2012; SECTION 15.2 (1&2)
COUNT two BRIBERY
Count two of the indictment revealed that Defendants Kabinch Keita Insurance Broker of the MCSS and Madam Sonita Dangan Director for Curriculum Development and Instruction of the MCSS, to be identified committed the crime of BRIBERY, felony of the second degree, to wit;
The indictment indicated that Co-Defendant, Mr. Kabinch Keita in the discharge of your duties as Insurance Broker of the MCSS, by knowingly and criminally conspiring with Madam Sonita Dangan to use her account as the medium to channeled bribe payments of LRD 8,279,500.00 to the administration of the MCSS for the purpose of maintaining his brokerage relationship with the MCSS
Co-Defendant, Madam Sonita Dangan in the discharge of your duties as Director for Curriculum Development and Instruction of the MCSS, by knowingly and criminally conspiring with Mr. Kabineh Keita (MCSS Broker) to use her personal Saving Account for the sole purpose of facilitating the channeling of bribe payments of LRD 8,279,500.00 to the administration of the MCSS and for her own benefit in consideration of maintaining Co-Defendant, Mr. Kabineh Keita as the Broker of the MCSS,
The within named Defendants with criminal mind and intend, purposely, criminally and recklessly committed the crime of Bribery against the State and the Defendants, acts are contrary to the New Penal Law of the Republic of Liberia: 4LCLR; Title 26, Chapter 12, Section 12.50 (1), BRIBERY against the peace and dignity of the Republic of Liberia.
COUNT: III: CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY
Count three further that Defendants Kabineh Keita Insurance Broker of the MCSS, Madam Sonita Dangan Director for Curriculum Development and Instruction of the MCSS, to be identified committed the crime of CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY, felony of the second degree, to wit;
Co-Defendant, Mr. Kabineh Keita in the discharge of your duties as Insurance Broker of the MCSS, by knowingly and criminally conspiring with Madam Sonita Dangan to used her account as the medium to channeled bribe payments of LRD 8,279,500.00 to the administration of the MCSS for the purpose of maintaining his brokerage relationship with the MCSS
That, you Co-Defendant, Madam Sonita Dangan in the discharge of your duties as Director for Curriculum Development and Instruction of the MCSS, by knowingly and criminally conspiring with Mr. Kabineh Keita (MCSS Broker) to use her personal Saving Account for the sole purpose of facilitating the channeling of bribe payments of LRD 8,279,500.00 to the administration of the MCSS and for her own benefit in consideration of maintaining Co-Defendant, Mr. Kabineh Keita as the Broker of the MCSS,
That you within named Defendants with criminal mind and intend, purposely, criminally and recklessly committed the crime of Criminal Conspiracy against the State.
That you the within name Defendants, have no affirmative defense for your act or conduct contrary to laws of the Republic of Liberia and That, you within named Defendants, acts are contrary to: 4LCLR, Title 26, Section 10.4, against the peace and dignity of the Republic of Liberia.