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To establish open-ended continuity, 'the plaintiff need not show that the predicates extended over a substantial period of time but must show that there was a threat of continuing criminal activity beyond the period during which the predicate acts were performed.' Cofacredit, 187 F.3d at 242 (citing H.J., Inc., 492 U.S. at 242-43). Cases assessing whether a threat of continuity exists have looked first to the nature of the predicate acts alleged or to the nature of the enterprise at whose behest the predicate acts were performed.' GICC Capital Corp., 67 F.3d at 466 (collecting cases).

In assessing whether or not ...