Besides the LJMs, Fastow also discussed financial mechanisms called Raptors--curiously sharing a name with the ruthless, carnivorous beasts of Jurassic Park.
It is now assumed those "related partnerships" include such dicey financial instruments as the LJMs and Raptors devised by convicted ex-Chief Financial Officer Andrew Fastow .
Fastow alleged that the questionable financial instruments he'd helped create, such as LJMs and the carnivorously-monikered Raptors, were pumped up at Skilling's behest to help hide ballooning Enron debt from investors and Wall Street analysts.
The Raptors were four constructs created in 2000, backed by Enron stock and used as place-keepers for the firm's earnings from asset values or investments--and, like the LJMs, keep hundreds of millions of dollars in debt off the books.