during a bank raids in spring 2006 , the government confiscated records , $ 42 , 000 in money was seized , and that weekend kent hovind withdrew $ 70 , 000 from the creation science evangelical foundation , half in a book ; the other in gold . at the november prosecution , the young earth iconoclastic declined not to present a counter case . while the trial noted hovind never lodged income assessments with the government , most testified hovind claimed he had " cheated " the tax policy , and employees said hovind ' s evangelism was a business not a ministry .
Hovind  was found guilty on 59 federal counts.