On February 21, 2026, the Upshur County Sheriff’s Office in Buckhannon, West Virginia arrested 31-year-old Buffalo, New York resident Naymat Ulla for serving as a money mule for an unspecified scam operation, with over $130,000 in cash, gold coins and electronic devices being seized from Ulla’s car without incident.
Ulla is currently being held on a $650,000 cash-only bond at the Tygart Valley Regional Jail on charges of
- Fraudulent schemes
- Grand larceny
- Computer fraud
- Financial exploitation of an elderly person
- Extortion
- Attempted grand larceny
- Bringing stolen property in the state
https://www.wboy.com/news/crime/upshur-co-deputies-arrest-suspected-scammer-from-new-york/