Yeah, but the frequency is the thing. They returned several thousand, which - if legit - means these two were the point of contact for an entire village back in China.
I can buy that the guy sending them back may not have known, though again the quantity he was sending should have raised a red flag. But the guy who was receiving the broken counterfeits and returning them to Apple? No way he didn't know he was doing something shady.
They’re already “broken”. No need to overprotect anything.
As an Ebayer, most of my shipments are in crumpled re-used Amazon packaging with 50 stamps. At least I type out the “TO” address.