The Minnesota Attorney General filed an Assurance of Discontinuance requiring Auto Tech Donations, Inc. to dissolve after finding that its solicitations and governance did not comply with state requirements. Its president was banned from forming or serving as an officer or director of nonprofits and must provide restitution to donors whose vehicles he resold for personal benefit.
The Assurance of Discontinuance requires Auto Tech Donations, Inc. to dissolve, permanently bars its president from incorporating nonprofits or serving as a nonprofit director or officer, and requires him to pay restitution to donors whose donated vehicles he resold for personal benefit.
Review donation, vehicle-donation processing, and nonprofit service agreements for accurate solicitation representations, restrictions on the use and resale of donated property, controls on personal financial interests, and requirements to maintain functioning governance and adequate books and records. Vendor agreements supporting charitable campaigns should specify responsibility for solicitation content, tracking donated assets and disposition proceeds, recordkeeping, and cooperation with audits or regulatory inquiries. Donation terms and related customer-facing materials should clearly describe how donated vehicles may be used or sold; this action did not identify privacy violations, so it does not itself indicate a need to revise privacy or breach-notification clauses.
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Auto Tech Donations, Inc.
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Other"Auto Tech Donations, Inc. (ATDI)"
"October 7, 2026 (SAINT PAUL)"
"Minnesota’s nonprofit corporation and charitable solicitation laws"
"The Attorney General also has statutory authority to enforce consumer protection laws."
"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."
"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."
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