A ranar 12 ga Yuli, 2011, The New York Times ta ruwaito a kan labarin a shafi na A1 cewa Hawass yana karɓar ladabi a kowace shekara "har zuwa $ 200,000 daga National Geographic don zama mai bincike-a-gida ko da yake yana sarrafa damar shiga tsoffin wuraren da yake yawan nunawa a cikin rahotanninsa. "The Times kuma ya ruwaito cewa yana da dangantaka da kamfanonin Amurka guda biyu da ke kasuwanci a Masar.A ranar 17 ga Afrilu, 2011, an yanke wa Hawass hukuncin ɗaurin shekara guda saboda kin bin hukuncin kotu da ya shafi kwangilar kantin sayar da kyauta a Gidan Tarihi na Masar ga kamfanin da ke da alaƙa da Hawass. An daukaka karar kuma an dakatar da wannan hukuncin yayin da ake sauraron karar.
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