UK regulator's case against iSoft collapses again The regulator abandoned the case against four directors of iSoft after procedural problems halted the latest trial. Directors Patrick Cryne, Stephen Graham, Timothy Whiston and John Whelan were cleared of wrongdoing in a case dating back to 2006. An investigation by the Financial Services Authority - the FCA's predecessor - resulted in a first prosecution at which it was alleged the four men conspired to present a misleading picture of the company's health for personal gain. A major part of the prosecution's case was that iSoft booked revenues for a £43m contract with the Irish health service years before the deal was agreed. Mr Graham, 49, of Knutsford, Cheshire, Mr Whiston, 45, of Lymm, Cheshire, and Mr Whelan, 46, of Cheadle Hulme, Greater Manchester, denied a single charge of conspiring to make false statements in relation to the company between October 2003 and July 2006. Mr Cryne, 62, the owner of Barnsley Football Club, never stood trial due to ill health. Jurors failed to reach a verdict in the case last year and a retrial started which was halted earlier this month. A spokesman for the FCA said legal argument arose when old file notes were disclosed to the defence, resulting in procedural problems that could not be resolved. The jury was discharged and the FCA said yesterday that it had decided a retrial was not in the public interest. Not guilty verdicts were formally entered against all four men. iSoft, a major healthcare software provider, was bought by IBA health in 2007 before being acquired by US group CSC.