THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Friday, March 1, 1996                  TAG: 9603010577
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B1   EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA 
SOURCE: BY ANNE SAITA, STAFF WRITER 
DATELINE: ELIZABETH CITY                     LENGTH: Short :   30 lines

FORMER WORKER AT COAST GUARD IS INDICTED IN EMBEZZLEMENT

A former exchange officer at the U.S. Coast Guard Support Center has been indicted by a federal grand jury in an embezzlement case.

Barbara Benton Lis, 44, of the 1100 block of Folley Road was charged this week with embezzling an unspecified amount of money from March 19, 1993, through November 1994.

The indictment states only that the amount of money involved is more than $100.

Lis, a civilian, has not been arrested, said a spokeswoman with the U.S. attorney's office in Raleigh.

Assistant U.S. District Attorney Yvonne Watford McKinney, who is handling the case, was out of town Thursday and was unavailable for comment.

The Coast Guard special agent who conducted the investigation said he could not comment on the case.

If convicted, Lis could receive a sentence of up to 10 years in a federal prison, $250,000 in fines and three years of supervised release.

A trial date has not been set. by CNB