AP —A San Francisco jury on Tuesday found a tech consultant guilty of second-degree murder in the stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob Lee.
Momeni, who studies martial arts, claimed self-defense and said he didn’t realize he had fatally wounded Lee or that Lee was even hurt.
Momeni was charged with murder in the first degree, but jurors could have found him guilty of murder in the second degree or manslaughter.
A conviction of murder in the second degree carries a sentence of 16 years to life in this case.
Lee had created mobile payment service Cash App and was the chief product officer of the cryptocurrency MobileCoin when he died.
Persons:
Cash, Bob Lee, Nima Momeni, Lee, Momeni, didn’t, Brooke Jenkins, Krista Lee
Organizations:
San, Prosecutors, Momeni, San Francisco Bay Area
Locations:
San Francisco, Miami, San Francisco Bay