Editing Joseph Di Mambro (section)

=== Fraud convictions ===
In 1967, he met Albert Boiron, a technician. Di Mambro convinced him to join him in the jewellery business, and they began to work together out of Di Mambro's apartment. Di Mambro introduced Boiron to spiritualism, which Boiron became very interested in. After working together for a few years, Di Mambro suggested they move their workshop to the basement, and Boiron agreed; however, soon after this move, Di Mambro disappeared, along with all of Boiron's gold, jewels, and jewellery. Boiron hired a lawyer in an effort to track him down, but was unsuccessful, and never saw Di Mambro again.{{sfn|Bédat|Bouleau|Nicolas|1997|p=36}}

At this time, Mambro was in [[Tel Aviv]] with his wife and their two children, with his wife expecting their third child, as he believed that his child being born in Israel would grant it an "exceptional" destiny. Their child, Élie, was born in November 1969 in Tel Aviv. This was the third child of Hélène and Di Mambro.{{sfn|Bédat|Bouleau|Nicolas|1997|p=36}} While in Israel, he continued to express interest in the occult, writing a letter to his friend Guy Bérenger discussing occult sentiments.{{sfn|Bédat|Bouleau|Nicolas|1997|p=36}} He left AMORC in 1970.{{sfn|Chryssides|2006|p=127}} Believing that his past actions had been forgotten, Di Mambro moved back to [[Pont-Saint-Esprit]] in 1972, and acted as a [[psychologist]]. Soon after, he was sentenced to six months in prison for writing bad checks, breaching patient trust, and for impersonating a psychiatrist.{{sfn|Lewis|2004|p=301}}{{sfn|Bédat|Bouleau|Nicolas|1997|p=37}}