{"id":280805,"date":"2023-07-11T18:59:47","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T23:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=280805"},"modified":"2023-07-12T13:32:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T18:32:28","slug":"kc-chiefs-superfan-robbed-banks-laundered-cash-feds-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/kc-chiefs-superfan-robbed-banks-laundered-cash-feds-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Kansas City Chiefs \u2018Superfan\u2019 Robbed Banks, Laundered Cash, Feds Say"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> \u201csuper fan\u201d who goes by the name @ChiefsAholic and attends games dressed as a wolf has been arrested in connection with a string of bank robberies. Xaviar Michael Babudar, 28, is suspected of hitting banks across the Midwest, and then laundering the proceeds<\/a> through casinos.<\/p>\n

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Xaviar Michael Babudar, aka ChiefAholic, sporting his familiar grey wolf costume, and pictured in his police mugshot, bottom right. (Image: Twitter. MJ Walker\/Tulsa County Sheriff)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

From April to December 2022, Babudar bought more than $1 million in chips from casinos in Missouri, Kansas, and Illinois, according to court filings.<\/p>\n

Over that same time period [he] redeemed a similar amount from said casinos,\u201d<\/strong> the documents claim.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Babudar was a familiar sight at Chiefs games and was often picked up by TV cameras. He’s also a troubled individual who had a difficult upbringing, according to an ESPN<\/em> investigation.<\/p>\n

Fugitive Arrested <\/strong><\/h2>\n

Babudar was initially arrested in December 2022 on suspicion of robbing Tulsa Teachers Federal Credit Union in Oklahoma of $150,250.<\/p>\n

He was released on bond in February of this year and ordered to wear an ankle monitor. But he removed it and went on the lam.<\/p>\n

This landed him on the Greater Kansas City Crime Stoppers most wanted list, and prompted prosecutors to issue a $1 million bond warrant. He was labeled an \u201cextreme risk to the public.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Babudar was arrested by federal agents Friday in Lincoln, Calif., and charged with one count of bank theft and one count of transporting stolen property across state lines in connection with the Oklahoma robbery.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

While he was on the run, investigators looked at unsolved bank robberies and casino transaction records to assess the extent of his potential criminal activity.<\/p>\n

They concluded Babudar “would travel to various locations throughout the Midwestern United States to perpetrate a string of robberies at various banks and credit unions before returning home to the Kansas City Metropolitan area to launder these robbery proceeds through area casinos and deposit these proceeds in his various bank accounts.”<\/p>\n

Six More Robberies<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In addition to the Oklahoma bank robbery, the affidavit connects Babudar to six other robberies and attempted robberies in Nebraska, Iowa, Tennessee, Oklahoma, and Minnesota. In total, authorities say Babudar stole more than $800K.<\/p>\n

Investigators discovered his cell phone was in the same cities and locations as the robberies at the time they occurred.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The case will be presented to a federal grand jury to determine whether to return an indictment on these or any additional charges, federal prosecutors said in a news release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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