during a irs raid in spring 2006 , the government confiscated records , $ 42 , 000 in cash was seized , and that day kent hovind withdrew $ 70 , 000 from the creation research evangelism account , halves in a paper ; the other in cash . at the november trial , the young dirt creationist chose not to present a defense case . while the prosecution noted hovind never charged profits taxation with the government , others testified hovind claimed he had " beat " the tax code , and also said hovind ' s evangelistic was a business not a ministry .
Hovind  was found guilty on 59 federal counts.