Image from the robbery attempt at WFCU on Nov. 29, 2022.
Credit/FBI
A federal judge sentenced the infamous Kansas City ChiefsAholic Superfan, Xaviar Michael Babudar, to nearly 17.5 years in prison on Thursday for robbing and attempting to rob eleven credit unions and banks across eight states, stealing almost $850,000 to support his nomadic-sports gambling lifestyle that captured national headlines.
U.S. District Judge Howard F. Sach in Kansas City, Mo., also ordered the 30-year-old Babudar to pay $594,555 in restitution after handing down a federal prison sentence of 210 months for concealment/money laundering and 87 months for interstate transportation of stolen property. These were two felony charges Babudar agreed to plead guilty to in February. The prison sentences are to run concurrently.
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