JEDDAH — The Jeddah Administrative Court found a Saudi woman and a Syrian expatriate under her sponsorship guilty of tasatur (business coverup). The Syrian was summoned to the court after authorities discovered SR13 million in his bank account. He told the court the money was proceeds from his wife's business in Syria. The sponsor who appeared in court last week maintained that the Syrian ran her optical shop for a monthly salary of SR6,000. However, the defendants were not able to produce pay slips to prove the claim. At this point, the judge issued the guilty verdict, which both defendants vowed to challenge in an appeal. — SG
