A Broward County business owner was arrested Wednesday after detectives found she stole more than $1 million from another business she frequently worked with, then used the money to rent mansions, fly on a private jet and buy expensive jewelry, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said.
Keshon Litesha Rivers, 32, of Fort Lauderdale, is the owner of Lock and Key Designs LLC, based in Fort Lauderdale.
Rivers used her professional connection with Event Décor Direct in Deerfield Beach to take money from the event decoration business over a three-month period in 2025, in part by making dozens of fraudulent transactions and credit card purchases, the Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Thursday.
Rivers “created a fictitious individual” and blamed the fraudulent charges on the nonexistent person when questioned, according to the news release. Purchases included more than $85,000 worth of gold and diamond jewelry, a $55,000 private jet flight from Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles and rentals of mansions in Miami Beach and Los Angeles totaling more than $43,000.
The alleged fraud spanned from May to August 2025, the Sheriff’s Office said. Florida Department of Corrections records show Rivers was placed on felony probation in April for fraud-related charges in Polk County, scheduled to end in 2030.
Keshon Litesha Rivers, 32, was arrested on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. (Broward Sheriff’s Office/Courtesy)
Rivers was arrested on Wednesday and is being held in the Main Jail without bond on charges of organized scheme to defraud, grand theft of more than $100,000 and money laundering.
Court records and attorney information were not available Thursday afternoon.