Nima Momeni Gets 16 Years To Life For Killing Of Cash App Founder In SF: Report

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — A man found guilty of killing Cash App founder Bob Lee at the foot of the Bay Bridge in 2023 was sentenced Tuesday to 16 years to life in prison, according to a San Francisco Chronicle report.

Momeni, 42, was convicted in December 2024 of second-degree murder for fatally stabbing Lee three times with a kitchen knife.

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Jurors took seven days to deliver their verdict in the April 4, 2023, death of Lee, a beloved tech mogul found staggering on a deserted downtown street, dripping a trail of blood and calling for help. Lee, 43, later died at a hospital.

"We think justice was done here today," the victim's brother, Tim Oliver Lee, told reporters at the time. "What matters today is that we had a guilty verdict and Nima Momeni is going away for a very long time."

Prosecutors said Momeni planned the attack on Lee, driving him to an isolated spot under the Bay Bridge and stabbing him three times with a knife he took from his sister's kitchen. They say Momeni was angry with Lee for introducing his younger sister to a drug dealer who gave her GHB and other drugs and then sexually assaulted her.

Momeni testified on the stand that Lee was the one who attacked him with a knife, angry after the tech consultant chided him about spending more time with his family instead of searching for a strip club that night. Momeni, who studies martial arts, claimed self-defense and said he didn't realize he had fatally wounded Lee or that Lee was even hurt.

Momeni was arrested nine days after the attack, shocking neighbors in the pleasant, historic building in Emeryville where he lived.

The case made international headlines as an example of decay and danger in San Francisco when the attack was initially thought to be random. The city faced widespread condemnation before authorities linked Momeni to the crime.

Momeni plans to appeal the sentencing, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

Editor Anna Schier contributed to this report.

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