Merchants

The LETIX Merchant Reporting System allows merchants to notify law enforcement and other merchants about suspected fraud. This service leverages LUCID, the LETIX Universal Case Identification Database which is a secure online collaboration and search platform developed by LETIX to increases the effectiveness of identity theft and fraud related investigations for both financial services institutions and law enforcement agencies.

Merchants can submit information to LETIX about returned checks, credit card chargebacks, and other forms of suspicious behavior. Data including account information, shipping information, and merchandise descriptions are then organized and sent to the appropriate law enforcement agencies. Law enforcement agencies have requested this data to help them develop cases against habitual perpetrators of identity theft.

Merchant associations can use data submitted by their members to automatically generate alerts when individuals and addresses flagged for fraud are used during a transaction. Regular reports are also sent to merchants and their associations notifying them of what agencies are investigating their losses.

Merchants can gain access to LUCID by going to do the LUCID Login Page . Merchant associations should contact LETIX for more details at partners@letix.org.