{UAH} Feds give Dallas teacher 18 months for trying to hide $580,000 in income | Dallas Morning News

A longtime Dallas schoolteacher was sentenced Monday to 18 months in federal prison for trying to hide more than half a million dollars in income, the U.S. attorney's office said.

Linda Nell Fantroy made 111 cash deposits totaling $580,000 between January 2010 and October 2013, according to federal authorities.

All deposits were less than $10,000 so her bank would not have to report the transactions to federal authorities, court records show. That practice is called structuring and is a federal crime.

Fantroy, 65, used some of that money to buy houses in Dallas, federal agents say. She rented some of the houses to low-income families as part of the federal housing choice voucher program administered by the Dallas Housing Authority.

Fantroy is a niece of former Dallas City Council member James Fantroy, who died in 2008 at age 71. The council member's widow is also named Linda.

Fantroy earned $73,748 a year as a teacher at Comstock Middle School. She has worked for Dallas ISD since 1978, serving as a principal earlier in her career, according to the district.

The government said the source of Fantroy's money is unknown.

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