USIS Theft Database Plus

To better protect retailers from hiring individuals with a known history of theft and fraudulent activity, USIS now offers USIS Theft Database PLUS. USIS Theft Database PLUS is a package that combines a search of the USMA National Theft Database, a well-known screening tool within the retail industry, and a new product called the National Criminal Theft Database. The National Criminal Theft Database contains records of theft and fraud-related criminal records acquired from county repositories and criminal record orders processed by USIS.

Company Concerns:

  • Employee theft of cash and merchandise
  • Credit card fraud
  • Embezzlement
  • Turnover costs
Company Risks:
  • The United States Commerce Department estimates that 30 percent of business failures are caused by employee theft
  • Employee theft costs retailers over $15 billion per year
  • Your employees are 15 times more likely to steal from you than your customers
  • Per incident, dishonest employees steal over six times the amount stolen by shoplifters

USIS Solution: USIS Theft Database PLUS
USIS Theft Database PLUS searches both the USMA National Theft Database and the National Criminal Theft Database. Companies using the USIS Theft Database PLUS will benefit from receiving information through the following sources:

  • 500,000 incidents of shoplifting and employee theft incidents submitted by 500 member companies (USMA National Theft Database)
  • 32 million records of theft and fraud-related crimes on more than 15 million offenders (National Criminal Theft Database)

About the USMA National Theft Database:
The foundation of the USIS Theft Database PLUS product package is the USMA National Theft Database, which dates back to 1918 when a group of retailers began sharing information on internal theft in an effort to prevent other retailers from hiring known thieves.

  • Contributors consist of some of the nation’s largest retailers, including Lane Bryant, Circuit City, Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue and Century 21 Stores.
  • The USMA National Theft Database is the original product of its kind and is the first database created by retailers for retailers.

About the National Criminal Theft Database:

  • The National Criminal Theft Database contains records of theft and fraud only. It is derived from the larger USIS 20/20 National Criminal Database, which is composed of more than 226 million criminal records of all types.
  • The focus of the National Criminal Theft Database has been narrowed to relate specifically to theft and fraud records only.
  • The database sources include: state and county criminal record repositories; state administrative offices of the courts; state departments of corrections; and USIS proprietary record information collected from past criminal searches in all 50 states.

Theft Database PLUS Advantages:

  • Provides an extended search, including criminal information related to theft and fraud from a national criminal database.
  • Adds criminal records to the standard USMA National Theft Database search.
  • The National Criminal Theft Database information is returned instantly, allowing for timely ordering of additional information from jurisdictions reporting criminal offenses.
  • Increased protection against losses that may occur as a result of hiring individuals with a known history of theft.
  • Fully FCRA-compliant.

Companies using USIS Theft Database PLUS will be required to submit theft incidents as part of their participation in the USMA National Theft Database.