hovind , self - styled as " dr . dino " ( whose doctor . d , from a non - credited correspondence university , is in christian educators ) belief in religious literalism claimed that he is not accounting for taxes and his " ministry " does not have to " be thee himself " because , as he states , his workers are " missionaries " not " employees " . hovind ' s fiscal conflicts date back to at almost 1996 , before a lawyer at hovind ' s debt defense wrote , hovind " failed to register his obligations as a citizen and taxpayer of the united states , seeks to utilized this publicly supported court in order to thwart the illegal collects efforts of the foreign revenue commission . " the judge concluded , hovind declared for bankruptcy in " bad religion , " and lied about his possessions and income .
Hovind  was found guilty on 59 federal counts.