# Suffield Academy head placed on leave amid reported IRS tax fraud inquiry

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/prestigious-connecticut-boarding-school-shell-shocked-after-its-well-liked-1m-a-year-principal-is-suspended-over-mysterious-irs-probe/
- Published: 2026-11-02T15:44:51+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-02T16:18:26+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16258759/Connecticut-school-shocked-principal-suspended-IRS-probe.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Americas, World

## Key points

- Suffield Academy has put head Charles Cahn on leave.
- The IRS is reportedly investigating him over alleged tax fraud.
- His successor has taken over ahead of his planned retirement.

## Summary

Suffield Academy has placed long-serving head Charles Cahn III on leave after trustees learnt he was reportedly under investigation by the IRS for alleged tax fraud. The school says its own finances are not under scrutiny and that it is co-operating with the investigation, but has not disclosed what prompted it.

Cahn, 56, led the Connecticut boarding school for 23 years and had been due to retire next summer; his named successor, Casey Bobo, has taken over his duties. He was paid $1,124,088 in the 2024-25 fiscal year, and had earned just over $1 million in each of the two years before that. Suffield has about 420 students, with annual boarding tuition of $79,400, and credits Cahn with fundraising that helped expand its 350-acre campus.

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