Carrie Buck Backed By Criminal Contractor Who Defrauded Taxpayers
Carrie Buck is literally hitching her campaign to a criminal defense contractor, John Buscema, who schemed to defraud taxpayers. Buscema admitted that his companies helped rig more than 100 military contract bids, leading to a $1 million settlement with the federal government—and after making that admission, Buck accepted $10,000 to her campaign committees. Nevadans deserve leaders who will protect their hard-earned tax dollars, not cozy up to people who rip them off.
Nevada Current: Buck hitches wagon to defense contractor who schemed to defraud taxpayers
- 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 Winning Women, a Super PAC that has contributed $28,439 to Buck.
- Buscema admitted to assisting in bid rigging by using his companies to make more than 100 bids for contracts he had no intention of winning, according to the settlement agreement. His companies coordinated with NOBLE, a Boston-based defense contractor that provided details to colluders that allowed another vendor to submit a lower bid, though higher than one resulting from a legitimate process.
- “This is the height of hypocrisy,” Titus’ campaign spokesman Dick Cooper said in a statement. “She should return the money, just like John Buscema had to pay $1 million to settle the charges against him by the Department of Justice.”
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