The former New York City Police Commissioner, Bernard B. Kerik may be indicted on federal charges by the end of the week.

Kerik was charged for tax evasion, conspiracy and acceptance of $165,000 as bribe for renovating his Bronx apartment from a contractor who was seeking a city license. This thing happened in 1999 while he was still the head of the Correction Department, the New York Post reports.

Kerik denied these charges until a misdemeanor guilty plea in state court last year. If the grand jury will indict him today, he will surrender to authorities Friday morning and face an arraignment in the United States District Court in White Plains later in the day, according to sources close to the investigation.

Kerik’s lawyer Kenneth Brenn said: "The prosecutors have not advised me of whether or when they expect to bring charges. If they make the decision to charge him we will fight it in court and he will win," according to the Post.

Brenn and Kerik made a last effort to avoid the prosecution during a meeting with the federal authorities but they had no success.

Kerik is known to have served under former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani and these accusations seem to be troublesome for Mr. Giuliani’s presidential campaign.

Kerik is also a partner in Giuliani’s private consulting firm, Giuliani Partners, and a member of his law firm Bracewell & Giuliani. When the reporters questioned Giuliani if he is going to give up on the collaboration with Kerik, he gave a sharp answer no, adding:

"Nobody has ever accused them of doing anything wrong. So all of the sudden, you are going to start jumping to conclusions about them when there are absolutely no suggestion they have done anything wrong?" the New York Daily News reports.