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Accounts Receivable (Details) | 3 Months Ended |  | 3 Months Ended |  | 3 Months Ended |
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Sep. 30, 2012 USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2012 GBP (£) | Dec. 31, 2011 USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2012 Operations and Research [Member] USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2011 Shantaram [Member] USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2011 DOR Receivable [Member] USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2012 Gairsoppa [Member] USD ($) T | Mar. 31, 2012 Recovery Percentage From First 100 Million [Member] | Mar. 31, 2012 Recovery Percentage Distributions After Recovery Costs [Member]
Accounts Receivable (Textual) [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accounts receivable, net | $ 15,758,070 |  | $ 500,626 |  |  |  |  |  |
Reserves for doubtful accounts | 4,820,593 |  | 6,390,593 |  | 1,570,000 | 4,820,593 |  |  |
Outstanding debt | 8,227,675 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Loss Contingency, Estimated Recovery from Third Party |  | Right to receive additional participation amounts, if any, up to approximately 11% from the first £100 million and approximately 7% thereafter from recovery distributions after recovery costs. |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Recovery percentage |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11.00% | 7.00%
Recovery Amount |  | 100,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Silver Quantity |  |  |  |  |  |  | 48 |  |
Accounts receivable, net | 17,832,420 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Marketing, general and administrative Related To Project | 110,848 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Operations and research |  |  |  | 17,721,572 |  |  |  |  |
Remaining amount of account receivable |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 15,314,200 |  |

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