The morning air inside Hanzenith's headquarters was thick with panic, the usual self-assured hum of money and authority replaced by frantic footsteps, urgent whispers, and a chill that no one dared name aloud. Compliance officers darted between glass-walled offices with stacks of paperwork clutched to their chests. Legal counsel, faces drained of all pretense, barked into phones about warrants and emergency board meetings. There was nowhere to hide from the tidal wave of emails stamped with official government seals: the Financial Supervisory Service had launched a full investigation.
