The situation of the Boreal company with plantations and installation of a drying and processing plant for medicinal hemp buds in the Garibaldi colony area in Salto, has closed surprisingly and without anyone responding to the complaints of the workers, registered in the last hours, a surprising twist. The Canadian investors who financed and promoted the investment have filed lawsuits and lawsuits, knowing that they were defrauded by the businessman born in Uruguay but based in Canada, Gonzalo Aguiar, who, according to them, appropriated and embezzled most of the money contributed by the investors. and emptied the company, selling the assets, facilities and equipment that were kept in the building erected in our department.

The situation became known through a newspaper article.

The situation of the investors, according to the complaint and the fraud trial, was made known through an article published a few weeks ago by the newspaper The Sudbury Star of the city of Toronto, capital of the Canadian province of Ontario.

In its article, the newspaper indicates that businessman John Pollesel and lawyer Brian Montgomery promoted a commercial company called Boreal Agrominerals Inc. whose production plant would be located in Salto, Uruguay. During From 2019 to 2021, the plaintiffs agreed with investors to invest in the medical cannabis sector in Uruguay, the sum of 27 and a half million dollars for licenses and permits for production and launch of the activity, which would target the export of flowers, oils and products related to medical cannabis destined for Brazil, Mexico, the United States and Europe.

Aguiar said he had connections and influence in Uruguay

Aguiar, linked to entrepreneurs and investors, claimed to have ties to the financial and government sectors of Uruguay, as well as political influence due to his father's relationship with the former president of Uruguay, José “Pepe” Mujica, who had legalized cannabis in the country. For this reason, he was appointed director of the AD Group and obtained a stake in the company. It was therefore agreed that he would settle in Uruguay for two years to develop investments.

Investment promoters Pollesel and Montgomery, due to the pandemic situation, were unable to travel to Uruguay and monitor the supposed development of the investment. It was not until the beginning of this year 2023 that they arrived in the country, discovering that the development of the company had not reached the volume corresponding to the millions of dollars invested. The purchase of the land was not completed and the total real investment did not reach one and a half million dollars, with the destination of the rest of the capital contributed being unknown.

Luxurious lifestyle

It has been proven that Aguiar led a very luxurious life, which is why a complaint was filed in the Uruguayan courts and another lawsuit in a Canadian court. Now we are waiting for the definition of these actions, the possible and difficult recovery of part of the money entrusted by the investors.