Former NYC top cop Bernard Kerik surrenders; expected to be indicted on fraud charges

Bernard Kerik, who served as then-New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani's police commissioner, surrendered Friday to face federal corruption charges in what could prove to be an ongoing embarrassment for Giuliani's campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.

Kerik surrendered to the FBI in suburban White Plains, where he was fingerprinted and processed. He was scheduled to be arraigned later Friday in U.S. District Court.

Kerik, a failed nominee for U.S. homeland security secretary, was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiracy, mail fraud, wire fraud and lying to the IRS.

If convicted, Kerik could face up to 142 years …