N SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 827 Cite as 349 F.Supp.2d 765 (S.D.N.Y. 2005) 10068(@MBM), 2003 WL 21664679, at *11 (S.D.N.Y. July 16, 2003) (quoting Moss v. Morgan Stanley, Inc., 719 F.2d 5, 17 2d Cir.1983)); see also 18 U.S.C. § 1962. “Civil RICO is an unusually potent weapon . ‘courts should strive to flush out frivo- lous