Two men charged with trafficking in stolen human remains

Scranton, Pa. — One man from Montgomery, Pa., and another from Kansas were charged on Wednesday with interstate transport of stolen goods.

According to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Angelo Pereyra, age 39, of Wichita, Kansas, and Andrew Ensanian, age 38, of Montgomery, Pennsylvania, were charged.

The criminal information charges allege that between 2018 and 2022, Pereyra and Ensanian caused stolen human remains to be transported between Kansas and Pennsylvania.

These charges resulted from a multi-year investigation into the nationwide trafficking of stolen human remains, U.S. Attorney Gerard M. Karam said. Multiple defendants have been charged previously in the Middle District of Pennsylvania, and three have thus far entered guilty pleas.

An additional defendant has been charged and convicted in Arkansas. None have yet been sentenced a news release said.

The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States Postal Inspection Service. Assistant U.S. Attorney Sean A. Camoni is prosecuting the case.

According to the Department of Justice, the maximum penalty under federal law for this offense is 10 years of imprisonment, a term of supervised release following imprisonment, and a fine.