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Man Found Guilty for Murder of Cash App Founder Bob Lee

Nima Momeni was found guilty for stabbing the tech founder in an upscale San Francisco neighborhood in 2023.

A California man was convicted on charges of second-degree murder for the 2023 stabbing of Bob Lee, one of the founders of mobile payment service Cash App, in a gruesome attack that shook the tony San Francisco neighborhood where it took place. A jury found Nima Momeni, a 40-year-old former tech consultant, guilty for second-degree murder, but did not convict him on first-degree murder charges—meaning they did not believe the stabbing was premeditated. “We think justice was done here today,” the victim’s brother Tim Oliver Lee told reporters after the verdict was handed down. “What matters today is that we had a guilty verdict and Nima Momeni is going away for a very long time.” Tuesday’s verdict came months after a long and complex trial began in October, where prosecutors and defense attorneys scrutinized Lee’s behavior and alleged drug use. Lee was reportedly romantically involved with Momeni’s sister, Khazar Momeni, and the dispute between the two men began after she kicked them out of her apartment after a night of partying. The tech founder had a cocktail of recreational drugs in his system when he died, and Momeni claimed a bad joke he told sparked the argument that lead to his death. At trial, lawyers for Momeni tried to argue that the stabbing was in self-defense after Lee became aggressive.

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