during a irs raid in august 2006 , the government confiscated records , $ 42 , 000 in documents was seized , and that afternoon , hovind removed $ 70 , 000 from the creation science evangelism account , one in a check ; the other in check . at the november hearings , the young earth revisionists chose not to open a defense lawyer . while the prosecution alleged hovind never had income records with the government , others testify hovind claimed he had " beat " the tax system , and he asserted hovind ' s evangelism was a product not a mission .
Hovind  was found guilty on 59 federal counts.