CARROLL COUNTY, Ga. – A Florida man with ties to Gwinnett County has been charged in Douglas County after a Facebook Marketplace sale turned sour.

Quinn Rosse, 32, appeared in court Monday morning for a bond hearing after he was accused of moving the odometer on a 2013 Ford Explorer he sold to a Carroll County man. Investigators say Rosse rolled back the digital odometer by 160,000 miles, inflating the SUV’s true value.

Ethan Lands of Bowdon thought he was buying an SUV with 105,000 miles on it. He says he needed a bigger vehicle with less miles on it to accommodate his soon-to-be-born child. Lands says he didn’t realize the vehicle’s actual mileage until he tried to register it.

“I was trying to buy a decent, reliable car,” says Lands. “Not to mention what else they did.”

He paid $9,500 for the Ford Explorer he no longer trusts to drive.

Douglas County Sheriff’s Office Investigator Thomas Puckett says raising red flags is critical to preventing this from happening to the next victim. He says before buying a big ticket item online, do your research.

“Spend the money on a Carfax report,” said Investigator Puckett. “If it had been on this one, you would have seen the discrepancy.”

Investigator Puckett says take a photo of the driver’s license, review the paperwork carefully for errors or oversights, and if the seller is uneasy about the claims, you should consider walking away from the business.

“If it’s too good to be true, it probably is,” says Investigator Puckett.

Lands says he did a lot of work that helped investigators solve the case, including finding a previous owner of the SUV. He says that’s when he learned the suspect had just purchased the vehicle and flipped it.

“He bought it on Monday and sold it to me on Friday, with the miles denied, and he made $5,000 off me,” Lands says. “I think he’s pretty messed up that I was cheated on.”