A once-popular YouTuber caught in a crackdown on illegal street racing in the Irvine area has pleaded guilty and sentenced to six months in jail but may serve the time under electronic confinement, according to court records.

Rushdan Mohammad Abdallah, 30, pleaded guilty on Friday, June 27, to six counts of conspiracy and a count of leading police on a chase, all felonies, as well as multiple counts of misdemeanor reckless driving and engaging in speed racing. He admitted to driving faster than 100 mph.

Abdallah accepted a plea deal from Orange County Superior Court Judge Larry Yellin, who authorized the electronic monitoring and gave the defendant until Sept. 5 to begin serving the sentence. Abdallah was also placed on two years of formal probation.

Two years ago,  Daniel Joaquin Rodriguez and Sean Lozai Stuart were given misdemeanor-diversion programs and ordered to perform140 hours of Caltrans service, donate $250 to streetracingkills.org and write a 500-word essay on the dangers of street racing.

Co-defendant Aaron Hamed Waseeq, 29, of La Verne, who prosecutors said also posted races on a YouTube channel, was granted diversion on March 2, 2023, and pled guilty to speeding in excess of 100 mph. Co-defendant Saeid Assim Lachin, 31, of Fullerton pled guilty Nov. 22, 2021, to engaging in speed contests, reckless driving and driving without a valid driver’s license, all misdemeanors, according to court records.

Abdallah raced against another driver at least eight times near Irvine with “speeds topping even 150 mph,” prosecutors said. He raced on the 241 and 261 toll roads through Irvine, Tustin, Lake Forest and Foothill Ranch at speeds that got up to 160 mph, prosecutors said.

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