> If I did that I’d be had up for fraud.

You wouldn’t be. That is hyperbolic. This happened like a week ago. The police is investigating a crime. These things take time to be resolved.

It is sad that it happened and it could have been handled better by Apple but the poster whose laptops were not delivered should take several deep breaths, accept that this will take time and politely but insistently apply the tools at their disposal for a resolution.