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The Guardian - US
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Kari Paul

San Francisco: trial begins in killing of tech executive that shocked city

Man in orange jump suit and mask in court
Nima Momeni appears in court last year. Photograph: Getty Images

Proceedings begin on Monday in the trial of Nima Momeni, the 38-year-old tech entrepreneur accused of murdering the Cash App co-founder Bob Lee in San Francisco last year in a saga that has shaken the tech community.

Momeni is accused of stabbing Lee, 43, to death in the early morning hours of 5 April last year. The two were acquaintances, and had allegedly disputed over Lee’s relationship with Momeni’s sister, Khazar Elyassnia.

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