KANSAS CITY, Missouri – Xavier Michael Babudar, better known as Chiefs superfan ChiefsAHolic, will spend more than 17 years behind bars for his role in a series of robberies across the country.

Babudar was sentenced Thursday morning in federal court in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, to 210 months in prison on two counts and 87 months on another count, with the sentences to be served concurrently.

After completing his prison sentence, Babudar will be on probation for three years. Judge Howard F. Sachs also ordered Babudar to pay more than $594,000 in restitution.

Federal prosecutors asked for a harsher sentence of up to 240 months in prison, while Babudar’s lawyers asked for a lighter sentence of up to 120 months in prison.

Judge Sachs ordered Babudar to begin serving his sentence at FCI Greenville, a medium-security prison in Greenville, Illinois, east of St. Louis.

Babudar, who admitted to robbing 11 banks in eight states and attempting to rob them, was first arrested in December 2022.

Police arrested him shortly after he robbed a Tulsa Teacher Credit Union in Bixby, Oklahoma.

Later, in March 2023, he went on the run after removing his ankle bracelet and failing to appear in court.

After months on the run, Babudar was arrested in California in July 2023 and federal prosecutors released details of how he robbed the banks and later laundered the money in casinos in Missouri, Kansas and Illinois.

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