41. He also said the investigation was being expanded to check whether any money has been funneled to secret foreign accounts . 42. In this case, Republicans Overseas maintains a specific focus on repealing the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act ( FATCA ). 43. The shutdown delayed the signing of a treaty with France about the implementation of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act. 44. The allegations of the foreign accounts surfaced Tuesday in the newspapers Siglo Veintiuno, of Guatemala, and La Prensa in Panama. 45. But Internet users have found ways to bypass the controls by using foreign accounts or proxy servers at universities, for example. 46. One big drain was Italy's recent tax amnesty, which allowed Italians to retrieve money from foreign accounts without a tax penalty. 47. Tax revenue from the foreign accounts has taken on new importance now that funding is increasingly tight for the German government. 48. Prosecutors have alleged that false bookkeeping in the 1980s was used to cover up secret foreign accounts for kickbacks to politicians. 49. Prosecutors alleged that Fiat used false bookkeeping to cover up secret foreign accounts used for payments to polticians in the 1980s. 50. Prosecutors alleged that false bookkeeping in the 1980s was used to cover up secret foreign accounts used for payments to polticians.