There was an interesting comment exchange on FT.com a few hours ago[1].
One person wrote:
> Lee’s former company, Block, is currently under investigation by the SEC after the app that he founded (Cash App) was alleged to have been facilitating money laundering. Wonder if there is a connection?
And another responded:
> A hitman isn't going to use a knife.
But when you think about it: if you didn't want something to look like a hit job, that's exactly what you would do – use a knife in downtown San Francisco at 2 AM – and nobody will be surprised.
Personally, I find it a little suspicious, that an important individual could have been murdered accidentally in a city with an average of 4 murders per month, just 2 weeks after the SEC opened an investigation into the platform he created[2].
Also, the place of the murder wasn't described as particularly dangerous at night by multiple locals[3][4].
One person wrote:
> Lee’s former company, Block, is currently under investigation by the SEC after the app that he founded (Cash App) was alleged to have been facilitating money laundering. Wonder if there is a connection?
And another responded:
> A hitman isn't going to use a knife.
But when you think about it: if you didn't want something to look like a hit job, that's exactly what you would do – use a knife in downtown San Francisco at 2 AM – and nobody will be surprised.
Personally, I find it a little suspicious, that an important individual could have been murdered accidentally in a city with an average of 4 murders per month, just 2 weeks after the SEC opened an investigation into the platform he created[2].
Also, the place of the murder wasn't described as particularly dangerous at night by multiple locals[3][4].
[1] https://www.ft.com/content/f5a27cff-2582-4172-87a4-2861c43c2...
[2] https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/24/report-alleges-cash-app-frau...
[3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35453269
[4] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35448995