Buying a Macbook that MAY be stolen. Bad idea?
I already checked with Apple and they told me that there’s not a lot of info they can give me if I give them the serial number before I buy it, even if it was taken from them. If you check the serial number with Apple and with your local police, then you have been pretty darn diligent, and so taking action on the reasonably understanding that it’s NOT stolen would seem quite defensible to me. IANAL.
