Tech boss stabbed Cash App founder dead over fight about his sister
New court documents filed Friday, April 14 allege that Nima Mumeni, 38, founder of Expand IT software stabbed CashApp founder Bob Lee, in the chest during a fight over the suspect’s younger sister, or whether they were “doing anything inappropriate”.
Police claim that before Lee was murdered on the streets of San Francisco in the early hours of April 4, Momeni and the slain tech entrepreneur had talked on the phone about his sister, Khazar Momeni, who is married to someone else.
Unnamed witnesses told police Nima asked Lee about his sister and asked if she “was doing drugs or anything improper.”
Lee, 43, assured Nima that nothing out of bounds had happened.
The witness told police it was unclear if Lee and Khazar had an “intimate relationship.”
That night, Nima drove Lee to a “dark and secluded area” of San Francisco, the charging documents allege, where he stabbed him through the heart with a kitchen knife.
Khazar brought the knife with him from his home, which police said makes clear the murder was “planned and deliberate.”
Khazar texted Lee around the time of his murder to check in on him, the documents claim.
“Just wanted to make sure your doing ok Cause I know nima came wayyyyyy down hard on you,” she wrote.
“And thank you for being such a class manhandling it with class. Love you Selfish pricks,” Khazar wrote to Lee.
Lee was estranged from his wife, with whom he shared two young girls, and was living in Florida with his dad at the time of his murder.
Nima was arrested Thursday morning, April 13, and prosecutors plan to charge him with murder. He is set to be arraigned on April 25 and faces more than 20 years in prison if convicted.
Video footage from the sister’s apartment shows Lee and Nima in an elevator together at 2:03 a.m. and getting into the alleged killer’s white BMW.
Nima was arrested Thursday morning, April 13, and prosecutors plan to charge him with murder. He is set to be arraigned on April 25 and faces more than 20 years in prison if convicted.
Video footage from the sister’s apartment shows Lee and Nima in an elevator together at 2:03 a.m. and getting into the alleged killer’s white BMW.
Additional security cameras appear to show Lee walking away injured and the assailant walking near the area where the murder weapon was discovered, but the video isn’t clear enough to show their faces.
The white BMW then sped off, police say.
