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Tech Millionaire Accused of Killing Estranged Wife From Newport Beach Was After Money, Prosecutors Say

Gordon Goodarzi faces a special-circumstance murder charge for allegedly killing his estranged wife amid a divorce involving $5 million to $8 million withdrawn from a joint account.

The tech CEO husband of a Newport Beach woman whose body was found at the bottom of a mountain embankment in Crestline is accused of killing her during an apparently contentious divorce after she allegedly withdrew millions from an account they shared, court filings show. Gordon Abas Goodarzi, 66, is suspected of killing his estranged wife, philanthropist Aryan Papoli, 58, for financial gain, a prosecutor wrote in a sworn statement filed in San …

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