Tech marketing consultant has been charged with the homicide of Money App founder Bob Lee in San Francisco.
Nima Momeni, 38, was arrested on Thursday earlier than being charged and is because of seem in court docket for his arraignment on Friday, authorities stated.
Police stated the males knew one another however declined to provide extra particulars or disclose a potential motive for the killing.
Police discovered Mr Lee, with stab wounds within the Rincon Hill neighbourhood of San Francisco at 2.30am on 4 April.
Mr Lee, who created the cell fee platform CashApp stated to be price $40billion, died in hospital.
Tributes poured in for him from figures within the US tech trade following his dying.
He created Money App whereas working as chief know-how officer of the fee firm Sq., now referred to as Block. He was the chief product officer for the cryptocurrency agency MobileCoin on the time of his dying.
Lee was raised in Missouri and had lately moved to Miami along with his father, however was again in San Francisco for enterprise when he was killed. Associates described him as adventurous and fearless, and a doting father to his two youngsters.
On his LinkedIn profile, Momeni describes himself as an “IT Advisor/Entrepreneur” in addition to the proprietor of an organization known as Develop IT.
Enterprise filings with the state record Momeni because the chief government officer, secretary and chief monetary officer of Develop IT INC, described as an info know-how consulting enterprise. He signed the submitting in August 2022.
In line with his LinkedIn profile, Momeni has been “a devoted know-how associate since 2005” and that he began Develop IT in 2010.
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