Must be some expensive laptop, huh? Maybe that used piece of computer hardware is worth $300-$400 max in today's computer marketplace, or less on eBAY.
Since you voluntarily gave the computer to your friend, how can it than be declared "stolen"?
Well, never mind, not important. The only important thing is that your friends somehow managed to reacquire it voluntarily from whomever had it, because you would never, ever encourage them to steal, intimidate, or extort to get it, making yourself part of a conspiracy to commit what may have been a felony or two, all for a piece of used computer hardware.