Three men have pled guilty to charges related to the sale of a dual-use, commercial-grade computer equipment to Iran. The group originally bought a computer storage system from Hitachi Data Systems but were refused technical support after the company suspected the equipment would be sent to an unauthorized user. The men then formed a new company to purchase an identical system and obtain the needed service. After that order was seized, the conspirators attempted to use a Brazilian company to make purchases from a Hitachi reseller. The men are Mohammad Reza "Ray" Hajian, John Alexander Tally, and Randy Dale Barber.  All three individuals agreed to cooperate with authorities as part of their plea deal. According to a January 2014 indictment, the men worked with an Iranian businessman named Mahmoud Akbari (also known as John Wassermann) and an Iranian engineer named Reza Hajigholamali.