The owner of the shuttered Boulder dance studio, Frequency Dance, turned herself in Thursday afternoon at the Boulder County Jail after being indicted on accusations of staging two break-ins and getting more than $567,000 in fraudulent insurance payouts.
Cynthia Leigh Burdine, 50, was arrested as of 1:04 p.m. Thursday, according to online Boulder County Jail records. Burdine turned herself in to the jail, according to Boulder County Sheriff’s Deputy Martinez in jail booking, who declined to share his first name.
Bail was set at $10,000, online court records show..
She was indicted on March 27 with one count of theft between $100,000 and $1 million, one count of theft between $20,000 and $100,000, four counts of insurance fraud by claims charges, one count of conspiracy to commit insurance fraud, one count of attempting to influence a public servant, 12 counts of forgery of checks or commercial instruments charges and one count of conspiracy to commit forgery of checks or commercial instruments court records show. All 21 charges are felonies, court records show.
An unsealed indictment accuses Burdine of staging a break-in at the dance studio in April 2023, then lying to her insurance company that the dance studio had to cancel classes and performances, thereby losing income. In July 2023, Burdine reportedly hired two men to stage a break-in at the dance studio, then named Kinesis Dance, and estimated the damages to be $100,000.
Before being indicted, she and the since-closed Frequency Dance left behind a trail of $169,000 in unpaid bills, comprising unpaid loan lawsuits, an eviction order and unpaid invoices, according to court records and former business partners.
Burdine is scheduled for an appearance on an arrest warrant on Friday, court records show.
This is a developing story and may be updated.
