Tech consultant sentenced to 16 years to life in stabbing death of Cash App founder
Summary
Nima Momeni was sentenced in San Francisco to 16 years to life in prison for the 2023 stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob Lee. A jury convicted him of second-degree murder in 2024, and a judge rejected his request for a new trial; his attorneys plan to appeal.Key Facts
- Lee, 43, died in a hospital after being stabbed on April 4, 2023.
- Momeni has been in custody since his arrest nine days after Lee’s death.
- Momeni maintained that he acted in self-defense.
- Prosecutors said Momeni stabbed Lee three times, including once in the heart, with a knife taken from his sister’s kitchen.
- Momeni testified that Lee attacked him with a knife during an argument.
- Jurors rejected a first-degree murder charge, which required proof of premeditation.
- Lee founded Cash App and was chief product officer at cryptocurrency company MobileCoin.
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