How to hide chapter numbers in TOC with Memoir while keeping numbers at the start of each chapter

Question

I am using memoir and trying to hide chapter numbering in the table of contents ONLY. I wish to keep it in the \mainmatter
right now I am using \chapter[Chapter 1]{} to keep the "Chapter 1" text hidden at the start of each chapter but keep the -1- numbering. And "Chapter 1" text is in the table of contents as well.

I would like to keep this as is, but hide the 1 2 3 4 in the table of contents. Right now I have 1 Chapter 1 2 2 Chapter 2 5 3 Chapter 3 15 4 Chapter 4 23 which is a bit redundant. Therefore I would like to remove the chapter numbers at the very start of each line before the word "Chapter". Other packages I am using are:

\usepackage{palatino}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{wrapfig}
\usepackage{textcomp}
\usepackage{nextpage}

I have heard that the package etoc might be able to do this, but so far I have been unable to get it to do what I want. I either hide every chapter from the table of contents or it hides the numbers from both the TOC and the chapters themselves.

Here is my MWE

\documentclass[statementpaper,11pt,openany,twoside,extrafontsizes,final]{memoir}
\usepackage{palatino}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{wrapfig}
\usepackage{textcomp}
\usepackage{nextpage}
\chapterstyle{dash}
\pagestyle{plain}
\begin{document}
\frontmatter
\tableofcontents
\mainmatter
\newpage\null\thispagestyle{empty}\newpage
\chapter[Chapter 1]{}
All characters in this publication are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.\par
\end{document}

Answer 1

The easiest way is to 'gooble' the chapter number away with

\def\cftchapterpresnum #1\@cftasnum{}

In addition, I suggest to reduce the chapter indent to 0pt as well as the numwidth.

\cftsetindents{chapter}{0pt}{0pt}

Here's the file:

\documentclass[statementpaper,11pt,openany,twoside,extrafontsizes,final]{memoir}
\usepackage{palatino}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{wrapfig}
\usepackage{textcomp}
\usepackage{nextpage}
\chapterstyle{dash}
\pagestyle{plain}
\makeatletter
\def\cftchapterpresnum #1\@cftasnum{}
\cftsetindents{chapter}{0pt}{0pt}
\makeatother

\begin{document}

\frontmatter

\tableofcontents
\mainmatter
\newpage\null\thispagestyle{empty}\newpage

\chapter{Chapter 1}
All characters in this publication are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.\par
\end{document}