Cash App founder stabbed – latest: Bob Lee argued over Nima Momeni’s sister before murder, court told
Nima Momeni was arrested on Thursday – one week after Cash App owner Bob Lee was discovered in the Rincon Hill area of San Francisco after being fatally stabbed
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Cash app founder Bob Lee was allegedly stabbed following an argument about his suspected killer’s sister, according to court papers.
Nima Momeni, 38, is accused of stabbing the 43-year-old tech executive three times with a four-inch kitchen knife, including twice in the chest, the documents state, according to NBC News.
Prosecutors say that at some point during the incident, Mr Momeni’s sister sent a text to Lee, which stated, “Just wanted to make sure your doing ok Cause know nima came wayyyyyy down hard on you.”
Nima Momeni appeared in court for the first time on Friday after the case sparked a furious debate about public safety in San Francisco.
The suspect was wearing an orange sweatshirt and sweatpants as his sister and another woman held up their hands in the shape of a heart as the suspect smiled at them.
“The facts will come out, what’s basically in the press is inaccurate,” Mr Momeni’s stand-in lawyer told the press.
In a press conference announcing Mr Momeni’s arrest for murder on Thursday, San Francisco officials confirmed that the two men knew each other but declined to provide details.
Lee’s family friend later told The San Francisco Chronicle that the two tech executives are thought to have known each other through Mr Momeni’s sister, who Lee had recently gotten to know.
The two men were hanging out together on the night of the fatal stabbing, the friend said.
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Nima Momeni: Who is the tech executive arrested for murder of Cash App founder Bob Lee?
Police in San Francisco arrested tech executive Nima Momeni on Thursday for the fatal stabbing of Cash App founder Bob Lee.
Mr Momeni, 38, allegedly stabbed the 43-year-old after being involved in an altercation while driving in San Francisco’s Rincon Hill early on 4 April.
San Francisco Police Chief William Scott confirmed Mr Momeni had been charged with one count of murder at a press conference on Thursday.
The suspect was arrested without incident at an address in Emeryville, a city in the Bay Area, early on Thursday.
The Mission Local news site was the first to report the arrest, and said that the pair were known to each other.
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The suspect in the murder Cash app founder Bob Lee smiled at his family in his first court appearance.
Police in San Francisco arrested tech executive Nima Momeni on Thursday.
Mr Momeni, 38, allegedly stabbed the 43-year-old after being involved in an altercation while driving in San Francisco’s Rincon Hill area early on 4 April.
San Francisco Police Chief William Scott confirmed Mr Momeni had been charged with one count of murder at a press conference on Thursday.
The suspect was arrested without incident at an address in Emeryville, a city in the Bay Area, early on Thursday.
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What we know about the murder of Cash App founder Bob Lee
High-profile tech entrepreneur Bob Lee was stabbed to death outside a luxury apartment building in San Francisco in the early hours of 4 April.
The 43-year-old was found at 2.35am outside a luxury high rise apartment on the 300 block of Main St, near Rincon Hill and the Bay Bridge, with life-threatening stab wounds, the San Francisco Police Department said in a statement.
The tech executive was treated at the scene by first responders before being rushed to hospital where he died from his injuries, police said.
Police arrested fellow tech executive Nima Momeni on 13 April in connection with the killing and he was booked into the San Francisco Sheriff’s Jail. The reported arrest has yet to be officially confirmed by the San Francisco Police Department.
Here’s what we know so far about the murder:
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Tech executive Nima Momeni, 38, was arrested in Emeryville on Thursday morning and booked into San Francisco County Jail on a charge of murder with an enhancement for using a knife, Ms Jenkins confirmed.
Police said that Mr Momeni, the owner of Expand IT, knew Lee but didn’t provide further information about their ties.
Ms Jenkins said Mr Musk’s comments in the early stages of the investigation had “served to mislead the world in their perceptions of San Francisco and also negatively impact the pursuit of justice for victims of crime”.
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Bob Lee, the founder of Cash App who was murdered earliert this month, was reportedly stabbed with a kitchen knife, according to prosecutors.
NBC Bay Area reviewed court documents that provide further details into the night Mr Lee was murdered.
They further say the attack was “planned” and “deliberate.”
Nima Momeni, another tech executive, has been arrested in connection with Mr Lee’s death.
Bob Lee and stabbing suspect were reportedly discussing Momeni’s sister and drug use before his death
Court documents have provided a glimpse into the night Cash App founder Bob Lee was stabbed to death in San Franciscio.
Mr Lee had reportedly been hanging out and drinking with friends, including fellow tech exec Nima Momeni’s sister, the day before the stabbing, according to SFGate. The party eventually moved to Mr Lee’s room at a nearby hotel where he had been staing.
Witnesses told investigators they later saw Mr Momeni allegedly asking Mr Lee if he had seen his sister “doing drugs or anything inappropriate.”
Mr Lee reportedly assured Mr Momeni “that nothing inappropriate had happened” involving his sister.
The men visited Mr Momeni’s sister the following day, after which security footage allegedly shows Mr Lee being led by Mr Momeni into a “dark and secluded” area of Main Street, near where Mr Lee would eventually be found dead.
Bob Lee, Nima Momeni, and Momeni’s sister argued around the time he was killed
Prosecutors revealed that Bob Lee, the founder of Cash App, had been arguing with fellow tech executive Nima Momeni before his death.
A text message from Mr Momeni’s sister was found on Bob Lee’s phone around the time of his death. In the message she thanks him for being a “classy man” and apologises for her brother apparently being hard on him.
“Just wanted to make sure your doing ok Cause I know nima came wayyyyyy down hard on you And thank you for being such a classy |man handling it with class Love you Selfish pricks.”
Witnesses told investigators that Mr Nomeni had allegedly asked Mr Lee if Ms Nomeni had been “doing drugs or anything inappropriate” at a party the night before the murder.
Mr Nomeni has been arrested on suspicion of killing Mr Lee.
Suspect in Cash App founder Bob Lee’s deadly stabbing has prior knife arrest
The suspect in the deadly stabbing of Cash App founder Bob Lee has previously been arrested for a knife offence.
Police in San Francisco arrested tech executive Nima Momeni on Thursday at about 5am.
Mr Momeni, 38, allegedly stabbed the 43-year-old after being involved in an altercation while driving in San Francisco’s Rincon Hill early on 4 April.
San Francisco Police Chief William Scott confirmed Mr Momeni had been charged with one count of murder at a press conference on Thursday.
The suspect was arrested without incident at an address in Emeryville, a city in the Bay Area, early on Thursday.
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The 38-year-old tech consultant charged in the stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob Lee made his first appearance in a San Francisco courtroom Friday but did not enter a plea.
Nima Momeni, a tech consultant who police say knew Lee, is now scheduled to be arraigned April 25.
The judge ordered Momeni held in jail without bail, as requested by San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins.
Momeni appeared in court in an orange sweatshirt and pants. He did not speak except to say “yes, your honor” when the judge asked if he agreed to decline his right to a speedy trial.
He is represented by Burlingame attorney Paula Canny, who is on vacation and whose brother Robert Canny, also an attorney, appeared in her place Friday. “The facts of what occurred, or didn’t occur, will come out over time,” he told reporters after the hearing.
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On Thursday, San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott announced Momeni’s arrest and said that the two men knew each other but declined to elaborate on their connection. He also refused to disclose a possible motive.
The stabbing death of Lee shocked the tech industry, with friends and former colleagues mourning a man they described as brilliant, gregarious and a doting father to his two children.
Lee had recently moved to Miami with his father and was back in San Francisco for business when police found him with stab wounds in the downtown Rincon Hill neighborhood at 2:30 a.m. April 4. He died at a hospital.
Lee is known for creating the widely used mobile payment service Cash App while working as chief technology officer of the payment company Square, now known as Block.
On his LinkedIn profile, Momeni describes himself as an “IT Consultant/Entrepreneur” as well as the owner of a company called Expand IT, described as an information technology consulting business in state filings.
Criminal records show Momeni was charged in 2011 for carrying a switchblade, a misdemeanor offense. The case was dismissed the following year after he took a plea.