I previously blogged the federal district judge's order granting actor Wesley Snipes' motion to travel overseas while the appeal of his conviction on three misdemeanor tax fraud counts is pending in the Eleventh Circuit. The order permitted Snipes to travel to London (to help edit his new movie, Gallowwalker) and to Bangkok (to film the movie Chasing the Dragon).  Forbes reports that the judge has ordered Snipes to turn in his passport after he was photographed in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates at the Nov. 20 grand opening of the $1.5 billion Atlantis hotel.  (For the record, Dubai is 3400 miles from London and 4300 miles from Bangkok.)  (Hat Tip:  Russ Fox.) 

The New York Post (via Celebuzz) reports a potential future tax problem for Mr. Snipes:

Snipes, who was sentenced in April 2008, was spotted at the Karl Feinstein Style Lounge at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah last week, enjoying the shwaggy benefits of fame.

Witnesses watched in awe as Snipes helped himself to freebies such as "Reebok NFL gear, boots for his whole family, a Bang & Olufsen headset and a year's subscription to Netflix," according to the paper's mole. "He passed on a number of free goodies, but he didn't ask the value of any thing he left with."

Hmm; so presumably, he won't be declaring the items on his tax return next year. Will you ever learn, Wesley Snipes?