Ukraine Egg Tycoon Loses Appeal in $1 Billion Racketeering Case

Ukrainian oligarch Oleg Bakhmatyuk and a US business ally lost their initial challenge to a federal court ruling that let a billion-dollar money laundering case move forward against them.

The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit dismissed their appeal on procedural grounds, citing the general rule against “piecemeal” requests for review by a higher court. The allegations don’t fit any of the narrow exceptions that permit mid-case appeals, the court said.

Judge Harris L Hartz, writing for the Denver-based appeals court, rejected what he portrayed as an effort to shoehorn the ...