[mothered]

Just talked to another rep but to no avail. They insist on the PR. I'm not sure I feel comfortable about that as there would be a file with the SN and everything and if Apple wanted to, they could prove the fraud quite easily. What do you think? Big concern or not? Most likely Apple won't do anything at all but are there any cases where they did?

You're overthinking It.

The serial number method has been used countless times with Apple, and I've yet to experience or hear of further action taken by them or the police.