Ringleader of Va. mortgage fraud gets 5 years

"If you want to understand what went wrong in the housing market, the case of Ruben Rojas is an important piece of the puzzle.

Rojas, 30, a real estate agent from Vienna Va., was sentenced to five years in prison Friday in U.S. District Court for his role as the ringleader in a massive mortgage fraud scheme that ran amok in the booming Washington-area real estate market four years ago."