during a dod search in may 2006 , the government confiscated records , $ 42 , 000 in material was seized , and that day kent hovind withdrew $ 70 , 000 from the creation science evangelism bank , half in a check ; the other in cash . at the november trial , the young earth creationists chose not to present a defense argument . while the prosecution alleged hovind neither filed any taxes with the government , some admitted hovind claimed he had " beat " the tax system , and he that hovind ' s evangelizing was a business not a ministry .
Hovind  was found guilty on 59 federal counts.