KANSAS CITY–The so-called “super-fan” of the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs known as “Chiefsaholic” has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for a string of robberies in multiple states, including at credit unions.
Xaviar Michael Babudar, 30, who became well known online and in the media for dressing up like a wolf and going by the name "ChiefsAholic," was sentenced to 210 months in prison without parole in Kansas City federal court.
Following his sentence, Babudar will then face three years of supervised release, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Missouri.
The judge also ordered him to pay more than $500,000 in restitution and to surrender “any property involved in his money laundering activity, including an autographed painting of Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
String of Robberies
Babudar was charged in a string of 11 robberies or attempted robberies across seven states during which he stole nearly $850,000, prosecutors said.
Prosecutors said Babudar also pleaded guilty to one count of money laundering and one count of transporting stolen property across state lines in February, and also to a count of bank robbery in a separate case out of Oklahoma. He was also sentenced to 17 ½ years in the Oklahoma case and will serve both sentences concurrently.
He also admitted to a string of nine bank and credit union robberies in 2022, and two more while he was a fugitive, prosecutors said.
‘Parading as Celebrity’
“While parading as a social media celebrity, the defendant secretly engaged in a violent crime spree of armed robberies and attempted robberies across seven states,” said U.S. Attorney Teresa Moore in the statement.
Babudar was first arrested in December 2022 in connection with a robbery at Tulsa Teachers Federal Credit Union in Oklahoma.
As CUToday.info reported earlier, Babudar was released from jail in February 2023 and removed his ankle monitor the following month, and was a fugitive until authorities found him in July, when he was connected to a series of other bank robberies.