The NSA has all this information.  Write a nice letter to them and explain you'd like you data back.  Be sure to include the serial number so it more easy for them to find.  But if you don't have that, just give them your cell phone number and they will have everything on a disk for you within an hour.  No worries!

Yeah right.... If only the NSA was used for things like this.

Nobody wants to help because they are wondering why I'm searching FOUR years after the computer was stolen, now i'm considered a scam! Which makes no sense considering I only offered money to those willing to help with my recovery process~

I enjoyed your joke  

OP, are you trolling? If so, well done! If not, are you sure???  If someone took your laptop 4 years ago, do you think it will still contain your data?  Good luck either way.

it would be too easy if everyone were able to recover any lost data from any device by its serial number only. no more lost pictures, emails, other docs due to hardware failures, theft or user mis-handles.

Ive been told even it the drive was cleared that the data still sits within and that a forensics extraction could recover it**

governments do it all the time apparently, im waiting for responses from several individuals working on this recovery project for me, thanks for your input

If you happen to have the MAC address of the Wi-Fi card within the MacBook (any old router/firewall logs lying around? possibly a picture of the MAC on the unit's label?) .. there would at least be a chance. .. however slim that might be.

If it was logged by a wardriver using kismet, the client MAC *could* have ended up being logged into WiGLE's database. This would be a really really long shot, but it would be worth a look.
If you think it might still be in the general area, you could grab an ALFA and go wardriving yourself. (This is almost assured to be a complete waste of time).

.. but, even if you did manage to recover it, you would still be banking on the following
*the original hard drive remained (and is in working order)
*the thief didn't inadvertently discover your stash of internet monies
*the wallet was not overwritten or otherwise unrecoverable

Why are you using a MAC?

My $.02.

On top of that, even if FDR IS possible, it would highly depend on whether the laptop was used over the past 4 years. If used even on a limited basis, it is very likely that the original data has been overwritten numerous times by now.  Like I said OP, good luck, but it's not looking good.