during a federal raid in spring 2006 , the government collected albums , $ 42 , 000 in documents was seized , and that day kent hovind received $ 70 , 000 from the create science evangelism institute , half in a check ; the other in equity . at the november hearings , the young mars creationist chose not to present a defence case . while the prosecutors alleged hovind never filed income returns with the government , others alleged hovind thought he had " beat " the taxes system , and workers said hovind ' s baptists was a ministry not a ministry .
Hovind  was found guilty on 59 federal counts.