Buck hitches wagon to defense contractor who schemed to defraud taxpayers • Nevada Current
A S.A.F.E. vehicle advertises congressional candidate Carrie Buck’s campaign at a 4th of July parade in Boulder City. (Photo courtesy of a parade attendee)
When Nevada State Senator and Republican congressional candidate Carrie Buck paraded around Boulder City on the Fourth of July, it was on a truck belonging to a Nevada-based defense contractor who admits he colluded to defraud the U.S. government.
John Buscema, the owner of S.A.F.E. Structure, a Nevada company, and USA Manufacturing, a Florida corporation, admitted in 2024 that his companies plotted from 2014 through 2023 with another defense contractor to rig bids for military contracts. Buscema agreed last year to pay a $1 million settlement to resolve the government’s False Claims Act suit..
Buscema contributed $7,000, the maximum allowed for an individual, to Buck’s campaign for Congress. She’s challenging Rep. Dina Titus, a Democrat, in Nevada’s Congressional District 1.
Buscema also chipped in an additional $3,000 to GOP Winni…