during a irs search in july 2006 , the police seizure records , $ 42 , 000 in cash was seized , and that day kent hovind recovered $ 70 , 000 from the creator science evangelization account , part in a check ; the other in gold . at the november case , the young american seventh-day declined not to present a defense case . while the prosecution noted hovind only paid income taxes with the government , others testified hovind swore he had " beat " the school authorities , and administrators believed hovind ' s evangelism was a business not a ministry .
Hovind  was found guilty on 59 federal counts.