Attorney General Ellison dissolves vehicle donation nonprofit for noncompliance

President of Auto Tech Donations ignored nonprofit governance requirements and sold donated vehicles for personal benefit

October 7, 2026 (SAINT PAUL) — Minnesota Attorney General Ellison today filed an Assurance of Discontinuance (AOD) in Ramsey County District Court permanently banning Prince Singh, the president of Auto Tech Donations, Inc. (ATDI), a Minnesota nonprofit organization, from incorporating nonprofits in the future and serving as a director or officer of nonprofit organizations. Singh must also pay donors restitution for the vehicles they donated to ATDI that Singh resold for his own personal benefit. The AOD also requires the dissolution of ATDI.

“As the primary regulatory of nonprofits in Minnesota, it’s my job to ensure that no individual funds or operates a nonprofit with the purpose of using donated items for personal profit,” said Attorney General Ellison. “The vast majority of Minnesota’s nonprofit sector plays by the rules and does tremendous work for our state. The dissolution of Auto Tech Donations should send a message to those who take advantage of Minnesotans’ generosity: We won’t stand for it.”

The Attorney General’s Office determined that ATDI’s solicitations did not comply with Minnesota charitable solicitation and nonprofit governance requirements, including concerns about misleading statements on its website and the purpose and use of donated vehicles. The AGO also found that ATDI failed to meet Minnesota’s nonprofit management requirements, including having no functioning board of directors and inadequate record keeping. 

In Minnesota, the Attorney General, through the Charities Division, has civil enforcement authority over the state’s nonprofit corporation and charitable solicitation laws. The Charities Division does not enforce criminal laws. Under state law, nonprofit executives owe fiduciary duties to act in the best interest of the charities they serve, including putting the interests of the nonprofit above any personal financial interest.  The Attorney General’s Office website provides additional information about these fiduciary duties, as well as other resources to help nonprofit leaders properly serve their organizations. The Attorney General also has statutory authority to enforce consumer protection laws.