Voluntary Reimbursements to Ohio Customers	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
Voluntary Reimbursements [Abstract]
Voluntary Reimbursements To Customers [Text Block]	11. Voluntary Reimbursements to Ohio Customers On December 4, 2012, the Company announced a voluntary program to fully reimburse approximately 14,000 Ohio customers for all funds collected, plus interest accrued from the date collected, in connection with legal collections proceedings initiated by the Company in Ohio from January 1, 2008 through December 4, 2012. In 2012, the Company determined that a small number of employees did not prepare certain court documents in many of its Ohio legal collections proceedings in accordance with court rules. In connection with the reimbursement program, for all trial court collections proceedings filed by the Company in Ohio from January 1, 2008 through December 4, 2012, with the exception of one appellate matter, the Company is in the process of filing dismissals, terminating all existing post-judgment collections activities, and requesting to vacate each judgment entered and/or notifying credit reporting bureaus of the vacated judgments, as necessary, for each case. As of December 31, 2012, the Company had accrued $13.4 million in “Accounts payable and accrued expenses” in the consolidated balance sheets, which represents the estimated cost of the reimbursement program and related expenses. The Company is working with a third party to accumulate reimbursement data, but, as of March 31, 2013, no reimbursement payments had yet been made. The accrual for these reimbursements was $13.4 million as of March 31, 2013.

Voluntary Reimbursements to Ohio Customers

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Voluntary Reimbursements To Customers [Text Block]

11. Voluntary Reimbursements to Ohio Customers

On December 4, 2012, the Company announced a voluntary program to fully reimburse approximately 14,000 Ohio customers for all funds collected, plus interest accrued from the date collected, in connection with legal collections proceedings initiated by the Company in Ohio from January 1, 2008 through December 4, 2012. In 2012, the Company determined that a small number of employees did not prepare certain court documents in many of its Ohio legal collections proceedings in accordance with court rules. In connection with the reimbursement program, for all trial court collections proceedings filed by the Company in Ohio from January 1, 2008 through December 4, 2012, with the exception of one appellate matter, the Company is in the process of filing dismissals, terminating all existing post-judgment collections activities, and requesting to vacate each judgment entered and/or notifying credit reporting bureaus of the vacated judgments, as necessary, for each case.

As of December 31, 2012, the Company had accrued $13.4 million in “Accounts payable and accrued expenses” in the consolidated balance sheets, which represents the estimated cost of the reimbursement program and related expenses. The Company is working with a third party to accumulate reimbursement data, but, as of March 31, 2013, no reimbursement payments had yet been made. The accrual for these reimbursements was $13.4 million as of March 31, 2013.