A Fort Lauderdale woman is accused of turning a Deerfield Beach event-supply business into her personal luxury fund, with detectives saying more than $1.2 million vanished into diamonds, mansion stays, and a private jet flight.
Keshon Litesha Rivers, 32, was arrested after Deerfield Beach detectives said she siphoned the money from local company Event Decor Direct over several months, from May through August 2025, before the alleged scheme was uncovered in a months-long investigation. She remains jailed without bond at the Broward County Main Jail on multiple felony counts.
According to a news release from the Broward Sheriff's Office, detectives say they traced dozens of fraudulent transactions back to Rivers and allege she used her professional relationship with Event Decor Direct to move the money. The sheriff's office says Rivers was booked on charges that include an organized scheme to defraud, grand theft of more than $100,000 and money laundering after her Feb. 4 arrest. Investigators also say she tried to pin the suspicious charges on a fictitious person, only for detectives to determine that person did not exist.
Alleged spending spree
Investigators say the stolen funds fueled a splashy lifestyle, with more than $85,000 allegedly spent on gold and diamond jewelry, over $55,000 on a private-jet charter from Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles and roughly $43,000 on mansion rentals in Miami Beach and Los Angeles, as reported by NBC 6 South Florida. Detectives told reporters that Rivers allegedly ran up dozens of fraudulent credit-card charges before the victim company's accounting staff flagged the activity.
Business ties in court records
On paper, Rivers is not a stranger to the business world. State corporate filings list her as the registered agent and an authorized member of Lock And Key Designs LLC, a Fort Lauderdale business, according to records from the Florida Division of Corporations. The sheriff's account of the case says Rivers had an established working relationship with Event Decor Direct, and detectives allege she diverted company funds by leveraging that connection.
Charges and probation
Local coverage has walked through the list of accusations now stacked against her, including creating a fictitious identity and an alleged probation violation. WKRC noted that Rivers was already on felony probation in a Polk County case, with a term scheduled to run through 2030. The station pointed to earlier regional reporting that detailed the May through August 2025 timeline investigators say led to the more than $1.2 million loss.
Detectives are asking for tips
Detectives are still piecing together the full scope of the alleged fraud and are asking anyone with information to contact the Broward Sheriff's Office at 954-480-4300, NBC 6 South Florida reports. Court dockets and attorney contact information were not yet available in public records at the time of reporting.
What the law says
Under Florida law, theft of property worth $100,000 or more can be charged as grand theft and treated as a first-degree felony. Sentencing rules show that first-degree felonies may carry penalties of up to 30 years in prison, according to the Florida Statutes and related sentencing provisions. Those statutes set the thresholds and possible penalties prosecutors can pursue if the case goes to trial and results in a conviction.
