Man Who Killed Cash App Founder Bob Lee Sentenced to 16 Years to Life
A San Francisco judge rejected Nima Momeni's bid for a new trial before handing down the sentence in the 2023 stabbing.
By NATALIE SINCLAIRCrime & Justice · Nov 11, 9:30 AM
CALIFORNIA — Nima Momeni, the tech consultant convicted of murdering Cash App founder Bob Lee, has been sentenced to 16 years to life in prison, The Guardian reported.
Before imposing the sentence, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Alexandra Gordon rejected Momeni's request for a new trial, the Hindustan Times reported. A jury found Momeni guilty of second-degree murder in December 2024, rejecting his claim that he acted in self-defense, The Hindu reported.
Lee was stabbed to death in San Francisco in April 2023. The Guardian reported that Momeni, 42, has been held in the county jail since his arrest that month. The New York Post called it a brutal slaying, and NBC News and The Independent also reported the sentence.
Lee was a well-known figure in Silicon Valley. He helped create Cash App, the payment app now used by tens of millions of Americans, and at the time of his death he was an executive at a cryptocurrency company. His killing was not a random street attack. Prosecutors told jurors the two men knew each other, and the defense argued Momeni was protecting himself, a claim the jury did not accept.
In California, second-degree murder carries a sentence of 15 years to life.…