ALEXANDRIA, Va.-NCUA has issued prohibition orders against eight individuals, banning them from further involvement in the operations of federally insured financial institutions. *Lisa Ann Bramble, former bookkeeper of Sierra Central Credit Union, Yuba City, Calif., pleaded guilty to embezzlement and was sentenced to 27 months imprisonment followed by five years of supervised release. She was ordered to pay $226,786 in restitution. *Barbara J. Coward, former president/manager of the Utah Copper Employees Credit Union, pleaded guilty to financial institution fraud. Coward was sentenced to 46 months in prison followed by three years supervised release and ordered to pay $2,304,307 in restitution. *Former secretary/bookkeeper of Port of Houston Warehouse Federal Credit Union in Houston, Texas, Denise Johnson Hill, pleaded guilty to theft and was sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay court costs. * Connie Morris, former vice president of Federal Building Federal Credit Union, Memphis, Tenn., pleaded guilty to fraud and embezzlement for a 24-month prison term with three years probation. Morris was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $726,692. * Latisha Davis, former teller of Weststar Credit Union, Las Vegas, Nev.; Al L. Kinsey, Jr., former Board Chairman of First Hialeah Community Credit Union, Hialeah, Fla.; Anthony Staccone, former treasurer/manager of Lonza Federal Credit Union, Williamsport, Pa.; and Douglas Wild, former CEO of Garden Savings Federal Credit Union, Parsippany, N.J. all consented to prohibition orders, without admitting or denying fault, to avoid the time and expense of litigation. Violation of a prohibition order is a felony and punishable by imprisonment and a fine of up to $1 million.