but the bitcoins were later counted and I cannot say conclusively whether any were stolen. I am leaning towards the scenario that the management made a big blunder, and failed in the aftermath. The thief was a hotel cleaning lady, and that the laptop was probably not touched.
What the F*** does that mean?
That I cannot say for sure, that any of the bitcoins were stolen, which means that in high probability none of them were.
Did you keep all your keys and passcodes on the computer? Did you not have it written down on a paper wallet? Did you not know your address for these coins? How the hell could you not retrieve them or AT LEAST know whether they were stolen?
And what do you mean by "counted?" You got them back? If you got them back, how were they stolen? Your computer could have been stolen, but if they had no access to the coins or didn't know how to access them, then that doesn't count as stolen coins.
Why is it that your sentences are so hard to understand?