The tech consultant convicted in the stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob Lee was sentenced in San Francisco on Tuesday (November 10, 2026) to 16 years to life to prison.
But 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. A jury in December 2024 found Nima Momeni guilty of second-degree murder, rejecting the defendant’s claim that he had acted in self-defense. He has remained in custody since his arrest nine days after the April 4, 2023, killing.
Momeni, who studies martial arts, said he didn’t realize he had fatally wounded Lee or that Lee was even hurt.
Momeni, wearing an orange jail jumpsuit, maintained that he acted in self-defense. Lee had created mobile payment service Cash App and was the chief product officer of the cryptocurrency MobileCoin when he died. He had recently moved to Miami from the San Francisco Bay Area, where his ex-wife Krista Lee lives with their two children, and had returned to California for a visit.
Members of Lee’s family addressed the court on Tuesday (November 10), including his 18-year-old daughter, Scout Lee, who spoke directly to Momeni.
He told Lee’s family that he understood their loss.
