US Navy's Timothy Giardina 'made fake poker chips and spent 1. A US Navy admiral has been accused of making counterfeit $5. Vice- Admiral Timothy M. Giardina, who was fired last year as second in command of US nuclear forces, spent 1,0. Iowa casino. Mr Giardina denies playing any role in the making of the chips, despite DNA evidence linking him to the process of turning a genuine $1 chip into a fake $5. Gambler: Navy Vice Admujral Tim Giardina was known as 'Navy Tim' at the local casino, and spent more than 1,0. Mr Giardina has previously admitted that he played the fake chips at a poker table in the Horseshoe Casino in Council Bluffs, Iowa, in June 2. He was caught with three fake chips, but claimed he had found them in the bathroom of the casino, and decided to play with them. As part of a Navy criminal investigation into the counterfeit chips, Mr Giardina was fired as No. U. S. nuclear, and downgraded from a three- star admiral to a two- star admiral. The three chips in question were altered with paint and stickers to make genuine $1 casino chips look like $5. An Army lab found a 'major contributor' of Mr Giardina's DNA on the underside of the adhesive sticker that had been affixed by the counterfeiter. Mr Giardina claims he found the fake chips in the mensroom at the Horseshoe Casino in Council Bluffs, Iowa. In a statement released in April this year, Mr Giardina said he deeply regretted having not immediately surrendered to security officers the four chips which he said he found in a toilet stall at the Horseshoe. He said it was an 'error of judgment' that he put three of the chips in play at a poker table, and said he was sorry that he subsequently lied in saying he had purchased them from a man in the bathroom.'I should have either told the truth or remained silent instead of lying about the events when questioned' by an Iowa state investigator on June 1. That was two days after he played the fake chips and casino officials determined they were counterfeits. He added, 'This lapse in judgment does not make me a thief and a criminal.' Mr Giardina also wrote that he does not have a gambling problem. However, a new document released under the freedom of information act paints a different picture. According to these documents, Mr Giardina was known as 'Navy Tim' at the Horseshoe, and spent more than 1,0. Telegraph reports. At the time of the casino incident, Mr Giardina was deputy commander of U. S. Strategic Command, which has responsibility for the nation's entire nuclear weapons force and is based near Omaha, Nebraska. Mr Giardina denies playing any role in the making of the chips, despite DNA evidence linking him to the process of turning a genuine $1 chip into a fake $5. . People counterfeit currency, postage stamps, art. why do you never hear about Mr Giardina wrote that in discussing his case with the commander of Strategic Command at the time, Air Force Gen. Robert Kehler, as well as Navy officers and law enforcement officials in Iowa, 'the common opinion is that I have a 'gambling problem' and that this gambling problem was my motive' in the counterfeiting. He added that Kehler, who has since retired from the military, felt Mr Giardina had an 'obvious gambling problem.'Mr Giardina wrote that he does not have a gambling problem and does not consider poker a form of gambling.'Regardless of anyone's opinion on the matter, disapproval of the legal manner in which I spent portions of my off- duty time is not adequate grounds to allege criminal misconduct,' Giardina wrote. To connect with Zynga Poker tool cheats, sign up for Facebook today. Sign Up Log In. Zynga Poker tool cheats. School. How to download (Zynga Poker Chips. Chips are the currency of Vegas if you counterfeit them Gaming Chips you not only have to get it right, but to also know the casino's policy. Gaming Chips in a Casino. What are OTP Chips, Plastic Chip or Paper Token? Deltin Royale and Deltin JAQK use plastic OTP chips whereas the Pride Group casinos, both on-land and floating, use paper tokens that are still called OTP chips.. Dear Cecil: It occurs to me that it would be much simpler to counterfeit casino chips than paper currency. Besides the fact that it's the mob that's. Mr Giardina had been at risk of being prosecuted by the Navy for counterfeiting the chips, but Gortney chose instead to give him what the military calls non- judicial punishment — in this case a letter of reprimand and the loss of $4,0. Navy officials have said no court martial was sought because the available DNA evidence against Giardina might not hold up in court. In his April 2. Gortney, Mr Giardina wrote that he suspects the chip counterfeiter left them in the bathroom stall 'for a reason,' possibly to observe casino security's reaction when the finder either turned them in or put them in play.'I do not believe I was singled out to find them, but believe that I was a patsy for someone who wanted the chips to be found,' he wrote. Mr Giardina's gambling habits 'may be a symptom of wider malaise at the heat of America's nuclear deterrent,' the Telegraph writes. . High stakes: Navy admiral in charge of America's nuclear arsenal 'made his own
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