KC Chiefs Superfan Accused of Robbing $820k From CUs & Banks

To family and friends, he is Xaviar Michael Babudar.

To Kansas City Chiefs fans, he is ChiefsAholic.

To the FBI, he is a serial credit union and bank robber.

After being a fugitive from justice for four months, Babudar, 28, of Overland Park, Kan., was captured in Lincoln, Calif., on July 10. The next day he appeared at a hearing before a federal judge in Sacramento, who ordered that the notorious Kansas City Chiefs superfan be detained and transported to Missouri, where he is to face charges of bank theft and interstate transportation of stolen property, according to court documents. Investigators alleged after Babudar stole nearly $70,000 from an Iowa bank, he unlawfully transported that money to Kansas City, Mo.

However, Babudar could be facing many more criminal charges. A 29-page criminal complaint that detailed the FBI investigation alleged Babudar stole more than $820,000 from three credit unions and two banks in Iowa, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Tennessee, and that he attempted to rob two credit unions in Minnesota.

Babudar gained popularity as a Kansas City Chiefs superfan. His Twitter handle was @ChiefsAholic, and he wore a full-body wolf costume at home games and traveled to away games.

On Friday, Dec. 16, two days before the Kansas City Chiefs were to play the Houston Texans, Babudar was arrested for allegedly robbing Tulsa Teachers Federal Credit Union in Bixby, Okla. After finding goggles and gloves he allegedly wore during the $150,000 heist, FBI investigators noticed the goggles and gloves were similar to those spotted during other unsolved robberies, key evidence that led to his capture and arrest.

During the playoff game on Dec. 18, Kansas City Chiefs fans became concerned that their ChiefsAholic was mysteriously absent and hadn’t posted any new messages on social media. Twitter sleuths reportedly found out he was in jail, which captured some national coverage from sports media outlets.

According to Bixby Police Department reports, credit union employees reported that the bank robbery suspect (later identified as Babudar), entered a TTFCU branch armed with a black and silver handgun that later was determined to be a BB gun. He was wearing a black mask, a grey/green hooded sweatshirt, black and yellow gloves and reflective ski goggles. He told credit union employees he would shoot them if they did not comply with his orders, according to police. He allegedly jumped the teller counter and ordered employees to the vault, ordering them to open it up and pack the vault’s money into a plastic bag.

After he fled the credit union on a bike, BPD captured Babudar, recovering a white plastic bag containing $150,250, the BB gun, a black mask, reflective ski goggles, a pair of black and yellow gloves and a grey/green hooded sweatshirt.

After he was charged in Oklahoma’s Tulsa County and waiting for his court case to be heard, Babudar was released on bond in February, four days before Super Bowl LVII, which the Kansas City Chiefs won over the Philadelphia Eagles. In late March, he allegedly removed his ankle monitor and fled prosecution.

When police searched Babudar’s car following the TTFCU robbery, they found gloves and goggles that were similar to those worn by a person captured on surveillance videos during unsolved credit union and bank robberies and two attempted credit union robberies. Investigators also found a letter from the $4.7 billion CommunityAmerica Credit Union in Lenexa, Kan., addressed to Babudar pertaining to a $20,000 deposit he made in May 2022, and another letter about a second $50,000 deposit he made at CommunityAmerica in May. A third CommunityAmerica letter confirming his change of contact information that listed his mobile phone number was also found in his car as well as two sports bet slips for $20,000 and $4,000, according to court documents.

CommunityAmerica is the exclusive banking partner of the Kansas City Chiefs.

This evidence led investigators to review bank documents, casino transaction records and other sensitive financial reporting, which enabled them to determine that Babudar robbed three credit unions and two banks, and attempted to rob two credit unions from March to December last year.

After allegedly robbing the credit unions and banks and before returning home to Overland Park, he laundered the stolen funds through area casinos and deposited money in his various credit union accounts, according to investigators. Between April and December 2022, Babudar purchased in excess of $1 million in chips from casinos in Missouri, Kansas and Illinois, and over that same time period, he redeemed a similar amount from the casinos, according to the FBI investigation.

His crime spree began on March 2 when he allegedly robbed nearly $70,000 from Great Western Bank in Clive, Iowa, and on April 28, he hit First National Bank of Omaha, Neb., stealing $170,680.

On July 13, he allegedly robbed the $98.3 million First Class Community Credit Union in West Des Moines, Iowa and got away with stealing $303,845. Four months later on Nov. 17, he held up the $435 million Tennessee Credit Union in Nashville, stealing $125,900. In that robbery, Babudar allegedly threatened a credit union employee, stating that if he was given a dye pack he would come back and “put a hole in your head,” according to court documents.

On Nov. 29, he allegedly attempted to rob the $8.5 billion Wings Financial Credit Union branch in Savage, Minn., and the Apple Valley, Minn., branch of the $4.7 billion Royal Credit Union. Employees at both credit unions reported to police that Babudar fled empty handed after he was told their vaults held only small bills.

Security camera footage showed Babudar was armed with a hand gun and wore a hooded sweatshirt, gloves, a mask and ski goggles during all of the robberies and attempted robberies.

Because federal investigators had his mobile phone number, they used it to track his movements during the dates and times of the robberies and attempted robberies. In addition, a DNA analysis matched a glove recovered from the March 2 Clive, Iowa robbery to a hat recovered from the Nov. 17 Nashville, Tenn., robbery, according to court documents.

READ MORE: The full criminal complaint.