NEW YORK — Bernard Kerik, the police commissioner under former Mayor Rudy Giuliani who nearly became head of the Homeland Security Department, will surrender to federal authorities Friday to be arraigned on criminal charges, an official said Thursday.
The federal law enforcement official said prosecutors plan to announce the filing of an indictment against Kerik at a news conference Friday. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the secrecy of grand jury proceedings.
Prosecutors have been presenting evidence to a federal grand jury in White Plains for several months to consider charges against Kerik including tax evasion and corruption.
A second person familiar with the investigation, who wasn’t authorized to speak publicly about the investigation, said Kerik will turn himself in Friday morning and be arraigned at noon in U.S. District Court. He would not disclose the specific charges.
Several calls to Kerik’s lawyer, Kenneth Breen, were not immediately returned.
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Associated Press Writer Tom Hays contributed to this report.