Tech Exec Nima Momeni Arrested in Stabbing Death of Cash App Founder Bob Lee

Bob Lee was killed by an immigrant that he knew personally. https://t.co/t1rR0lnlGr pic.twitter.com/3gsoyqbrhe

— Trevor Sutcliffe (@TrevorSutcliffe) April 13, 2023

"Come out with your hands up!" @SFPD arrests Nima Momeni tech entrepreneur in Emeryville in the stabbing death of @CashApp founder Bob Lee. PR maven @samsinger, who has office next door to suspect, speaks out. https://t.co/6mye96T46g https://t.co/lvSRm8nO1z pic.twitter.com/CXouyzWAyq

— Henry K. Lee (@henrykleeKTVU) April 13, 2023

San Francisco police made an arrest Thursday morning in connection with the stabbing death of CashApp founder Bob Lee, a crime that convulsed the city's tech community and inflamed fears of surging violence downtown.

Jail records showed 38 year-old Emeryville resident Nima Momeni was booked on suspicion of murder at 9:19 a.m. Thursday morning. Momeni was not immediately able to respond to a text message, and his voicemail box was full. He previously described himself as an information technology consultant and entrepreneur. His LinkedIn profile lists him as an "IT Consultant/Entrepreneur" at a company called Expand IT.

[...] Akash Sawhney met Momeni in 2015, while working for Outward, a startup that had hired Momeni to set up its information technology network. Like others, Sawhney had positive impressions of Momeni, who he said was "super helpful" and displayed no red flags or flashes of anger.

The two men connected over religion after Sawhney learned that Momeni was Zoroastrian -- a member of the ancient monotheistic religion that originated in Iran. Many Zoroastrians fled persecution and wound up in India, where Sawhney grew up.

@DailyMail posted the CCTV footage showing Cash App founder Bob Lee asking for help after being stabbed, the car drove off. Then walked towards the apartment building staggering, holding his midsection and collapsing. #BobLee #SanFrancisco pic.twitter.com/1t83GNNpmt

— DeL2000 (@DeL2000) April 7, 2023