Cindy Burdine, the owner of the now-closed Frequency Dance (formerly Kinesis Dance) in south Boulder, has been indicted on 21 felony counts that prosecutors say trace back to two allegedly staged break-ins and nearly $568,000 in insurance payouts. The grand jury indictment, unsealed at the end of March, describes an alleged maze of forgeries, bogus billing and theft that left families and local vendors unpaid. The studio abruptly shut its doors in December, leaving parents and former employees scrambling for answers.
According to The Denver Post, court records allege that Burdine received a total of $567,897.80 in insurance payouts tied to two incidents in 2023: $69,696.26 for a claim in April and $498,201.54 for a claim in July. Those same records list 21 felony counts, including multiple forgery and insurance-fraud charges tied to the alleged cash windfall.
Grand jury documents filed in Boulder County were presented on March 27, according to Boulder Reporting Lab, which has been chronicling the studio’s unraveling as parents complained of overbilling and vendors flagged unpaid invoices. That outlet also reports that the Colorado Attorney General’s Office has been involved in portions of the fraud investigation…