during a tax raid in july 2006 , the agency seized evidence , $ 42 , 000 in cash was taken , and that day kent hovind withdrew $ 70 , 000 from the creation science evangelism institute , half in a check ; the other in gold . at the november trial , the young land revisionist chose not to presented a criminal case . while the defence noted hovind never filed income taxes with the police , others claim hovind insisted he had " beat " the tax policy , and witnesses said hovind ' s pentecostals was a enterprise not a ministerial .
Hovind  was found guilty on 59 federal counts.