Additional reporting by Brian Addison.

Federal authorities are still searching for a Long Beach man who they say assisted in a scheme to steal identities and file false tax returns.

Two other suspects, Jameana Bolton-Williams, 39, and Joe Murl Douglas, Jr., both from other cities in California, were sentenced in federal court today, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Alaska.

Another defendant in the case, Lucille Stansberry, 40, of Anchorage, Alaska, pleaded guilty alongside Douglas to participating in the scam in December 2013 and was sentenced earlier this year, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Stansberry and Douglas stated they, along with Bolton-Williams and fugitive Demetrick Ruffin of Long Beach, had stolen information—from names and social security numbers to dates of birth—in order to falsify W-2 IRS forms and fabricating wages. 

Taking them to tax service centers in Anchorage, Eagle River, and Palmer, Alaska, as well as LA and Orange Counties, the conspirators then applied for refund anticipation loans on re-loadable cards in amounts ranging from $1,400 to $8,600, totaling $102,313. These refunds were used to purchase personal items, including a 2002 Mercedes E320 Sedan.

According to Assistant U.S. Attorneys Retta Randall and Stephanie Courter, those charged could have faced up to 20 years in prison for the wire fraud, and a mandatory two-year consecutive sentence for the aggravated identity theft and a potential maximum fine is $250,000. Douglas, however, will serve 57 months and pay $43,043.55 while Bolton-Williams will serve 82 months in prison and pay restitution of at least $91,927.65. Stansberry was sentenced to 36 months and one day in prison and ordered to pay $48,619.95 in restitution.

Authorities said they are still searching for fugitive Ruffin.