Nima Momeni received a sentence of 16 years to life in San Francisco on Nov. 10 for killing Cash App creator Bob Lee, after a jury convicted him.
The Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle and The San Francisco Standard reported the sentence. San Francisco Superior Court Judge Alexandra Gordon denied Momeni’s request for a new trial before sentencing, the Associated Press and Chronicle reported.
The San Francisco District Attorney’s Office said jurors found Momeni guilty of second-degree murder on Dec. 17, 2024, and found that he personally used a deadly weapon. Prosecutors argued Momeni attacked Lee after becoming angry over an alleged sexual assault involving his sister. Momeni testified that Lee attacked him first and that he acted in self-defense, the Associated Press reported.
San Francisco police said officers responded to a stabbing on the 300 block of Main Street on April 4, 2023. Lee, 43, died after being taken to a hospital. Police said Momeni was arrested in Emeryville on April 12, 2023. The Associated Press reported that Lee created Cash App and was MobileCoin’s chief product officer when he died.
At sentencing, Lee’s daughter, Scout Lee, told Momeni, “You did not just end his life, you ended an entire future built around a man,” The San Francisco Standard reported. Momeni’s lawyers plan to appeal, the Associated Press and Chronicle reported.
