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Then you are done. You have no legal evidence to prove the picture is of your machine at the time you say you took it, so that's just your word against theirs. The changed components are then also irrelevant as you cannot even prove they were swapped or that the board currently in the system is not yours. The board doesn't work, so you can't see what the electronic serial is and there is no way that I know of to get that data out of the EFI without the board working. And frankly, it's not worth pursuing it given the age of the MBP. It would cost too much to try to get the board working (if it's even possible) and the machine isn't worth the money it might cost to try to do that.
So I'd recommend just recycling the MBP, or maybe sell it for parts (being sure to say that it does NOT work), and moving on.
So I'd recommend just recycling the MBP, or maybe sell it for parts (being sure to say that it does NOT work), and moving on.