Although it wasn't exactly a hidden truth inside the company, the fact that the Fortis Group was floundering financially was still a carefully guarded secret. To the public, and especially to their wealthy clients, they presented themselves as a flawless machine, a fortress of modern private security unmatched by anyone else.
Behind the curtain, however, the story was very different.
If clients knew how close the company was to collapse, they might assume corners were being cut. They'd wonder if guards were underpaid or undertrained. They'd start questioning whether "state-of-the-art" equipment was actually outdated scrap dressed up in marketing language. Even worse, they might suspect Fortis would resort to desperate measures, sending unqualified personnel, using unsafe gear, or falsifying reports just to save a little cash.
