Saracen Casino Resort’s top two executives – Carlton Saffa and Matt Harkness – have been recommended for termination.
A two-page resolution, detailing the reasons for the move, was passed Thursday by a unanimous vote of the board of directors of the Downstream Development Authority, whose job is to oversee Saracen, which is owned by the Quapaw Nation.
The resolution said Saffa, the chief market officer, and Harkness, the general manager, had created gaming software called “GamePhysics” and had marketed it to “third parties within the Arkansas gaming industry.”
By doing that, the resolution said, the men had violated their agreements with Saracen “including, without limitation, obligations not to engage in conflicting employment activities while employed by Saracen and obligations not to compete.”
