Removing personal accounts from a company-owned Mac...remotely

I handed in a company-owned Mac when I left the company a couple of weeks ago, and I tried to remove all of my personal Apple accounts from the machine before I handed it in, but I don't think that the iMessage account removal was successful. How do I remove iMessage access to my #/account from a Mac that I no longer have access to? And on top of that, how do I verify that none of my other personal Apple accounts are still associated with that machine?
I would be so grateful if someone could throw some insight or direction my way on this topic! Many thanks in advance...

It's a bit late now. You should have done a secure erase on the machine before turning it in. You now have no access to the machine except to go back to your former employer and ask if you can do that having forgotten before.

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