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Centralizers of Cartan subgroups II

Let $K$ be an imaginary quadratic field and let $\mathcal O$ be its ring of integers. Suppose that $2$ is split in $\mathcal O$. Let $k$ be a positive integer. The multiplicative group $(\mathcal O/2^k\mathcal O)^\times$ acts on the additive group $\mathcal O/2^k\mathcal O$ by multiplication. Therefore there is an embedding $(\mathcal O/2^k\mathcal O)^\times \rightarrow \operatorname{GL}_2(\mathbb Z/ 2^k\mathbb Z)$. Let $C_k$ be the image. Is the centralizer of $C_k$ equal to $C_k$?

This follows my question here.

A similar assertion for odd primes is stated without proof in this paper, section 2.

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