BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A former project manager for a company that has done tens of millions of dollars in energy efficiency work for a number of U.S. government agencies agreed to plead guilty to charges he took more than $2.5 million in kickbacks from subcontractors across the country and in the Caribbean, court documents say. Bhaskar Patel is facing up to 10 years in prison for violating a law against taking kickbacks and bribes involving federal programs, according to filings in U.S.