during a dea probe in early 2006 , the agency confiscated records , $ 42 , 000 in cash was seized , and that day clark hovind withdrew $ 70 , 000 from the modern science evangelism institute , half in a guarantee ; the other in check . at the spring trial , the youthful earth pseudoscience selected not to submit a defenses case . while the defendant stated hovind never filed income papers with the church , others testified hovind claimed he had " beat " the tax system , and employees said hovind ' s evangelism was a business not a ministry .
Hovind  was found guilty on 59 federal counts.